DEFINITION
Scientists and engineers in research and development (R&D) per 1 million people for most recent year available between 1990 and 2000. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million
population.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Iceland: |
19,161.8 per million people per 1 |
|
| #2 |
Estonia: |
1,623.41 per million people per 1 |
|
| #3 |
Slovenia: |
1,074.59 per million people per 1 |
|
| #4 |
Norway: |
891.574 per million people per 1 |
|
| #5 |
Denmark: |
596.465 per million people per 1 |
|
| #6 |
Lithuania: |
564.637 per million people per 1 |
|
| #7 |
New Zealand: |
544.486 per million people per 1 |
|
| #8 |
Ireland: |
530.876 per million people per 1 |
|
| #9 |
Sweden: |
500.667 per million people per 1 |
|
| #10 |
Singapore: |
492.996 per million people per 1 |
|
| #11 |
Latvia: |
475.983 per million people per 1 |
|
| #12 |
Cyprus: |
472.996 per million people per 1 |
|
| #13 |
Armenia: |
438.485 per million people per 1 |
|
| #14 |
Switzerland: |
408.332 per million people per 1 |
|
| #15 |
Azerbaijan: |
345.677 per million people per 1 |
|
| #16 |
Croatia: |
332.295 per million people per 1 |
|
| #17 |
Slovakia: |
314.123 per million people per 1 |
|
| #18 |
Mauritius: |
292.445 per million people per 1 |
|
| #19 |
Israel: |
250.119 per million people per 1 |
|
| #20 |
Malta: |
240.883 per million people per 1 |
|
| #21 |
Belarus: |
222.913 per million people per 1 |
|
| #22 |
Belgium: |
222.597 per million people per 1 |
|
| #23 |
Austria: |
196.09 per million people per 1 |
|
| #24 |
Bulgaria: |
173.02 per million people per 1 |
|
| #25 |
Mongolia: |
167.682 per million people per 1 |
|
| #26 |
Australia: |
165.256 per million people per 1 |
|
| #27 |
Netherlands: |
151.764 per million people per 1 |
|
| #28 |
Portugal: |
149.82 per million people per 1 |
|
| #29 |
Cuba: |
141.976 per million people per 1 |
|
| #30 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
134.884 per million people per 1 |
|
| #31 |
Costa Rica: |
132.719 per million people per 1 |
|
| #32 |
Czech Republic: |
128.601 per million people per 1 |
|
| #33 |
Hungary: |
124.813 per million people per 1 |
|
| #34 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
111.543 per million people per 1 |
|
| #35 |
Greece: |
97.9565 per million people per 1 |
|
| #36 |
Tajikistan: |
92.1273 per million people per 1 |
|
| #37 |
Canada: |
91.7238 per million people per 1 |
|
| #38 |
Kuwait: |
91.6096 per million people per 1 |
|
| #39 |
Uzbekistan: |
65.3234 per million people per 1 |
|
| #40 |
Libya: |
62.6084 per million people per 1 |
|
| #41 |
Romania: |
62.3824 per million people per 1 |
|
| #42 |
Ukraine: |
45.1305 per million people per 1 |
|
| #43 |
United Kingdom: |
44.3077 per million people per 1 |
|
| #44 |
France: |
44.2825 per million people per 1 |
|
| #45 |
Korea, South: |
43.9752 per million people per 1 |
|
| #46 |
Japan: |
38.9273 per million people per 1 |
|
| #47 |
Spain: |
38.7199 per million people per 1 |
|
| #48 |
Poland: |
37.865 per million people per 1 |
|
| #49 |
Nicaragua: |
37.1455 per million people per 1 |
|
| #50 |
Germany: |
34.8534 per million people per 1 |
|
| #51 |
Russia: |
23.6857 per million people per 1 |
|
| #52 |
Chile: |
23.1525 per million people per 1 |
|
| #53 |
Italy: |
22.7527 per million people per 1 |
|
| #54 |
Benin: |
22.7481 per million people per 1 |
|
| #55 |
South Africa: |
22.3706 per million people per 1 |
|
| #56 |
Bolivia: |
19.3046 per million people per 1 |
|
| #57 |
Togo: |
18.8889 per million people per 1 |
|
| #58 |
Argentina: |
17.9827 per million people per 1 |
|
| #59 |
United States: |
13.874 per million people per 1 |
|
| #60 |
Tunisia: |
12.3077 per million people per 1 |
|
| #61 |
Central African Republic: |
11.0901 per million people per 1 |
|
| #62 |
Ecuador: |
10.4759 per million people per 1 |
|
| #63 |
Sri Lanka: |
9.36955 per million people per 1 |
|
| #64 |
Iran: |
8.67417 per million people per 1 |
|
| #65 |
Guatemala: |
8.57333 per million people per 1 |
|
| #66 |
Peru: |
8.20024 per million people per 1 |
|
| #67 |
Venezuela: |
7.64532 per million people per 1 |
|
| #68 |
Malaysia: |
6.42926 per million people per 1 |
|
| #69 |
Egypt: |
6.3608 per million people per 1 |
|
| #70 |
Turkey: |
4.34964 per million people per 1 |
|
| #71 |
Vietnam: |
3.28002 per million people per 1 |
|
| #72 |
El Salvador: |
2.83371 per million people per 1 |
|
| #73 |
Burundi: |
2.69403 per million people per 1 |
|
| #74 |
Mexico: |
2.00559 per million people per 1 |
|
| #75 |
Philippines: |
1.77561 per million people per 1 |
|
| #76 |
Thailand: |
1.58913 per million people per 1 |
|
| #77 |
Syria: |
1.5719 per million people per 1 |
|
| #78 |
Burkina Faso: |
1.26001 per million people per 1 |
|
| #79 |
Uganda: |
0.916792 per million people per 1 |
|
| #80 |
Brazil: |
0.902677 per million people per 1 |
|
| #81 |
Madagascar: |
0.665188 per million people per 1 |
|
| #82 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
0.559542 per million people per 1 |
|
| #83 |
Pakistan: |
0.480236 per million people per 1 |
|
| #84 |
Bangladesh: |
0.353381 per million people per 1 |
|
| #85 |
China: |
0.35137 per million people per 1 |
|
| #86 |
Senegal: |
0.170853 per million people per 1 |
|
| #87 |
India: |
0.146261 per million people per 1 |
|
| #88 |
Nigeria: |
0.11649 per million people per 1 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
375.1 per million people per 1 |
|
DEFINITION: Scientists and engineers in research and development (R&D) per 1 million people for most recent year available between 1990 and 2000. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million
population.