Based on a comparison of 90 countries in 2017, Denmark ranked the highest in researchers in R&D per mil of people with 7,515 persons followed by Sweden and South Korea. On the other end of the scale was Dem. Republic of the Congo with 10.6 persons, Myanmar with 15.3 persons and Guatemala with 22.2 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Researchers In R&D Per mil of People indicator page.
| Researchers In R&D Per mil of People | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Austria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,350 | 4,387 | 4,661 | 4,713 | 4,938 | ||||||||||
| Belgium | persons | 3,733 | 3,876 | 4,114 | 4,157 | 4,530 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | persons | ... | ... | 6,739 | 7,018 | 7,144 | 7,072 | 7,311 | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | persons | ... | 7,720 | 7,423 | 7,476 | 7,210 | 7,011 | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 4,055 | 4,185 | 4,347 | 4,362 | 4,319 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,983 | ... | 5,651 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Ireland | persons | 3,064 | 3,275 | 3,474 | 3,598 | 4,423 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | persons | 5,103 | 5,110 | 5,033 | 5,147 | 5,329 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,145 | 5,445 | 4,340 | 4,596 | 4,726 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | persons | 3,219 | 3,665 | 4,362 | 4,553 | 4,513 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,414 | 5,503 | 5,555 | 5,576 | 5,688 | ||||||||||||
| South Korea | persons | 5,330 | 5,808 | 6,318 | 6,415 | 6,856 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,251 | 5,145 | 5,165 | 6,676 | 6,878 | ||||||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,456 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| United Kingdom | persons | 4,053 | 3,939 | 3,987 | 4,141 | 4,254 |
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