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High income OECD countries Compared by Economy > Research and development personnel

DEFINITION: Scientists and engineers in research and development (R&D) per 1 million people for most recent year available between 1990 and 2000.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Iceland 5,686 per million people 2000
2 Japan 4,960 per million people 2000
3 Sweden 4,507 per million people 2000
4 United States 4,103 per million people 2000
5 Norway 4,095 per million people 2000
6 Australia 3,320 per million people 2000
7 Denmark 3,240 per million people 2000
8 Switzerland 3,058 per million people 2000
9 Canada 3,009 per million people 2000
10 Germany 2,873 per million people 2000
11 France 2,686 per million people 2000
12 United Kingdom 2,678 per million people 2000
13 Netherlands 2,490 per million people 2000
14 Belgium 2,307 per million people 2000
15 New Zealand 2,197 per million people 2000
16 Estonia 2,164 per million people 2000
17 Slovenia 2,161 per million people 2000
18 South Korea 2,139 per million people 2000
19 Ireland 2,132 per million people 2000
20 Slovakia 1,706 per million people 2000
21 Austria 1,605 per million people 2000
22 Portugal 1,583 per million people 2000
23 Israel 1,570 per million people 2000
24 Spain 1,562 per million people 2000
25 Poland 1,460 per million people 2000
26 Italy 1,322 per million people 2000
27 Czech Republic 1,317 per million people 2000
28 Greece 1,045 per million people 2000
29 Chile 370 per million people 2000

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