Number of researchers in R&D

(per million people)

Republic of Korea is the top country by number of researchers in R&D in the world. As of 2021, number of researchers in R&D in Republic of Korea was 9,081.9 per million people. The top 5 countries also includes Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway.

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What is number of researchers in R&D?

Researchers in R&D are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, products, processes, methods, or systems and in the management of the projects concerned. Postgraduate PhD students (ISCED97 level 6) engaged in R&D are included.