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Economy Statistics > Research and development personnel (per $ GDP) (most recent) by country

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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.

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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