Researchers in R&D

(number per million people)

Republic of Korea is the top country by researchers in R&D in the world. As of 2021, researchers in R&D in Republic of Korea was 9,082 number per million people that accounts for 4.66% of the world's researchers in R&D. The top 5 countries (others are Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway) account for 20.52% of it. The world's total researchers in R&D was estimated at 195,026 number per million people in 2021.

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What is 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.