DEFINITION
Scientists and engineers in research and development (R&D) per 1 million people for most recent year available between 1990 and 2000. Per $
GDP figures expressed per $10 million of
Gross Domestic Product.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Iceland: |
6.06636 per million people per $ |
|
| #2 |
Estonia: |
1.12532 per million people per $ |
|
| #3 |
Armenia: |
0.958242 per million people per $ |
|
| #4 |
Azerbaijan: |
0.911363 per million people per $ |
|
| #5 |
Mongolia: |
0.877719 per million people per $ |
|
| #6 |
Tajikistan: |
0.830189 per million people per $ |
|
| #7 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
0.675692 per million people per $ |
|
| #8 |
Slovenia: |
0.548338 per million people per $ |
|
| #9 |
Cuba: |
0.474941 per million people per $ |
|
| #10 |
Lithuania: |
0.449038 per million people per $ |
|
| #11 |
Latvia: |
0.410856 per million people per $ |
|
| #12 |
Uzbekistan: |
0.368565 per million people per $ |
|
| #13 |
Belarus: |
0.325674 per million people per $ |
|
| #14 |
Croatia: |
0.296841 per million people per $ |
|
| #15 |
New Zealand: |
0.237488 per million people per $ |
|
| #16 |
Mauritius: |
0.229592 per million people per $ |
|
| #17 |
Norway: |
0.22377 per million people per $ |
|
| #18 |
Slovakia: |
0.21625 per million people per $ |
|
| #19 |
Bulgaria: |
0.209151 per million people per $ |
|
| #20 |
Benin: |
0.208683 per million people per $ |
|
| #21 |
Denmark: |
0.18578 per million people per $ |
|
| #22 |
Singapore: |
0.18048 per million people per $ |
|
| #23 |
Sweden: |
0.176468 per million people per $ |
|
| #24 |
Ireland: |
0.168671 per million people per $ |
|
| #25 |
Nicaragua: |
0.164506 per million people per $ |
|
| #26 |
Costa Rica: |
0.140374 per million people per $ |
|
| #27 |
Malta: |
0.132909 per million people per $ |
|
| #28 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
0.126307 per million people per $ |
|
| #29 |
Israel: |
0.121705 per million people per $ |
|
| #30 |
Switzerland: |
0.121397 per million people per $ |
|
| #31 |
Togo: |
0.117457 per million people per $ |
|
| #32 |
Central African Republic: |
0.11064 per million people per $ |
|
| #33 |
Libya: |
0.096318 per million people per $ |
|
| #34 |
Portugal: |
0.0838898 per million people per $ |
|
| #35 |
Hungary: |
0.0836571 per million people per $ |
|
| #36 |
Romania: |
0.0812245 per million people per $ |
|
| #37 |
Bolivia: |
0.0765786 per million people per $ |
|
| #38 |
Czech Republic: |
0.0764808 per million people per $ |
|
| #39 |
Belgium: |
0.0729602 per million people per $ |
|
| #40 |
Ukraine: |
0.0709127 per million people per $ |
|
| #41 |
Austria: |
0.0627198 per million people per $ |
|
| #42 |
Australia: |
0.054275 per million people per $ |
|
| #43 |
Burundi: |
0.0524869 per million people per $ |
|
| #44 |
Netherlands: |
0.0517564 per million people per $ |
|
| #45 |
Greece: |
0.0461572 per million people per $ |
|
| #46 |
Kuwait: |
0.0445833 per million people per $ |
|
| #47 |
Poland: |
0.0315335 per million people per $ |
|
| #48 |
Canada: |
0.0294135 per million people per $ |
|
| #49 |
Ecuador: |
0.0282771 per million people per $ |
|
| #50 |
Russia: |
0.0241264 per million people per $ |
|
| #51 |
Sri Lanka: |
0.0233309 per million people per $ |
|
| #52 |
Korea, South: |
0.0231218 per million people per $ |
|
| #53 |
Chile: |
0.0218805 per million people per $ |
|
| #54 |
South Africa: |
0.0201872 per million people per $ |
|
| #55 |
Tunisia: |
0.0174944 per million people per $ |
|
| #56 |
Guatemala: |
0.0173197 per million people per $ |
|
| #57 |
Spain: |
0.0166596 per million people per $ |
|
| #58 |
Egypt: |
0.0155865 per million people per $ |
|
| #59 |
France: |
0.0154634 per million people per $ |
|
| #60 |
United Kingdom: |
0.0150281 per million people per $ |
|
| #61 |
Peru: |
0.0147457 per million people per $ |
|
| #62 |
Argentina: |
0.0147053 per million people per $ |
|
| #63 |
Venezuela: |
0.0133609 per million people per $ |
|
| #64 |
Japan: |
0.0132443 per million people per $ |
|
| #65 |
Germany: |
0.0121634 per million people per $ |
|
| #66 |
Vietnam: |
0.0120599 per million people per $ |
|
| #67 |
Iran: |
0.0114186 per million people per $ |
|
| #68 |
Burkina Faso: |
0.0108005 per million people per $ |
|
| #69 |
Madagascar: |
0.00824176 per million people per $ |
|
| #70 |
Italy: |
0.00821628 per million people per $ |
|
| #71 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
0.00795508 per million people per $ |
|
| #72 |
Malaysia: |
0.00671609 per million people per $ |
|
| #73 |
Uganda: |
0.00634679 per million people per $ |
|
| #74 |
Turkey: |
0.00595636 per million people per $ |
|
| #75 |
El Salvador: |
0.00587326 per million people per $ |
|
| #76 |
Syria: |
0.00479815 per million people per $ |
|
| #77 |
Philippines: |
0.00362285 per million people per $ |
|
| #78 |
United States: |
0.00349191 per million people per $ |
|
| #79 |
Pakistan: |
0.0022459 per million people per $ |
|
| #80 |
Mexico: |
0.0021173 per million people per $ |
|
| #81 |
Thailand: |
0.0019436 per million people per $ |
|
| #82 |
Bangladesh: |
0.00184984 per million people per $ |
|
| #83 |
Nigeria: |
0.00119332 per million people per $ |
|
| #84 |
Brazil: |
0.00112601 per million people per $ |
|
| #85 |
Senegal: |
0.00108932 per million people per $ |
|
| #86 |
China: |
0.000632057 per million people per $ |
|
| #87 |
India: |
0.000476047 per million people per $ |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
0.2 per million people per $ |
|
DEFINITION: Scientists and engineers in research and development (R&D) per 1 million people for most recent year available between 1990 and 2000. Per $
GDP figures expressed per $10 million of
Gross Domestic Product.