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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Iceland: 5,686 per million people 
#2   Japan: 4,960 per million people 
#3   Sweden: 4,507 per million people 
#4   United States: 4,103 per million people 
#5   Norway: 4,095 per million people 
#6   Russia: 3,397 per million people 
#7   Australia: 3,320 per million people 
#8   Denmark: 3,240 per million people 
#9   Switzerland: 3,058 per million people 
#10   Canada: 3,009 per million people 
#11   Germany: 2,873 per million people 
#12   Azerbaijan: 2,735 per million people 
#13   France: 2,686 per million people 
#14   United Kingdom: 2,678 per million people 
#15   Netherlands: 2,490 per million people 
#16   Belgium: 2,307 per million people 
#17   Belarus: 2,296 per million people 
#18   New Zealand: 2,197 per million people 
#19   Singapore: 2,182 per million people 
#20   Estonia: 2,164 per million people 
#21   Slovenia: 2,161 per million people 
#22   Korea, South: 2,139 per million people 
#23   Ireland: 2,132 per million people 
#24   Ukraine: 2,121 per million people 
#25   Lithuania: 2,031 per million people 
#26   Uzbekistan: 1,754 per million people 
#27   Slovakia: 1,706 per million people 
#28   Cuba: 1,611 per million people 
#29   Austria: 1,605 per million people 
#30   Portugal: 1,583 per million people 
#31   Israel: 1,570 per million people 
#32   Spain: 1,562 per million people 
#33   Croatia: 1,494 per million people 
#34   Poland: 1,460 per million people 
#35   Romania: 1,393 per million people 
#36   Italy: 1,322 per million people 
#37   Czech Republic: 1,317 per million people 
#38   Armenia: 1,308 per million people 
#39   Bulgaria: 1,289 per million people 
#40   Hungary: 1,249 per million people 
#41   Latvia: 1,090 per million people 
#42   Greece: 1,045 per million people 
#43   South Africa: 992 per million people 
#44   Argentina: 711 per million people 
#45   Tajikistan: 660 per million people 
#46   Iran: 590 per million people 
#47   Kyrgyzstan: 574 per million people 
#48   Costa Rica: 533 per million people 
#49   Egypt: 493 per million people 
#50   Mongolia: 468 per million people 
#51   China: 459 per million people 
#52   Chile: 370 per million people 
#53   Cyprus: 369 per million people 
#54   Libya: 361 per million people 
#55   Mauritius: 360 per million people 
#56   Turkey: 303 per million people 
#57   Vietnam: 274 per million people 
#58   Peru: 229 per million people 
#59   Kuwait: 214 per million people 
#60   Mexico: 213 per million people 
#61   Nicaragua: 203 per million people 
#62   Venezuela: 194 per million people 
#63   Sri Lanka: 188 per million people 
#64   Benin: 174 per million people 
#65   Bolivia: 171 per million people 
#66   Brazil: 168 per million people 
#67   India: 158 per million people 
#68   Philippines: 156 per million people 
#69   Malaysia: 154 per million people 
#70   Trinidad and Tobago: 145 per million people 
#71   Ecuador: 140 per million people 
#72   Tunisia: 124 per million people 
#73   Guatemala: 103 per million people 
#74   Thailand: 102 per million people 
#75   Togo: 102 per million people 
#76   Malta: 96 per million people 
#77   Pakistan: 78 per million people 
#78   Bangladesh: 51 per million people 
#79   Central African Republic: 47 per million people 
#80   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 34 per million people 
#81   Syria: 29 per million people 
#82   Uganda: 25 per million people 
#83   Burundi: 21 per million people 
#84   El Salvador: 19 per million people 
#85   Burkina Faso: 17 per million people 
#86   Nigeria: 15 per million people 
#87   Madagascar: 12 per million people 
#88   Senegal: 2 per million people 
Weighted average: 1,248.0 per million people  


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

SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; aggregates calculated for the Human Development Report Office by the World Bank

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