Researchers per million inhabitants (FTE)

Name: Researchers per million inhabitants (FTE)
Creator: GK Maps

Which countries lead the world in research and development of researchers per million inhabitants (FTE)? Explore the full ranking on the map below.

Researchers per million inhabitants (FTE) — 132 countries (FTE)
1	South Korea	9,435
2	Denmark	8,736
3	Sweden	8,624
4	Finland	8,073
5	Singapore	7,917
6	Norway	7,395
7	Belgium	6,983
8	Iceland	6,864
9	Austria	6,659
10	Netherlands	6,319
11	Switzerland	6,021
12	Germany	5,787
13	Portugal	5,687
14	Japan	5,630
15	Ireland	5,512
16	Canada	5,412
17	Slovenia	5,370
18	Hong Kong	5,274
19	France	5,182
20	New Zealand	5,095
21	Greece	4,927
22	Luxembourg	4,879
23	United States of America	4,825
24	Hungary	4,725
25	Czechia	4,697
26	Estonia	4,655
27	Australia	4,569
28	United Kingdom	4,473
29	Lithuania	4,154
30	Macau	3,827
31	Poland	3,721
32	Slovakia	3,388
33	Spain	3,388
34	Italy	2,796
35	Russia	2,684
36	United Arab Emirates	2,607
37	Bulgaria	2,557
38	Croatia	2,534
39	Serbia	2,515
40	Turkey	2,479
41	Malta	2,428
42	Latvia	2,270
43	Iran	2,240
44	Cuba	1,968
45	Thailand	1,863
46	China	1,849
47	Georgia	1,768
48	Cyprus	1,728
49	Tunisia	1,704
50	Belarus	1,504
51	Argentina	1,297
52	Saudi Arabia	1,121
53	Morocco	1,083
54	Armenia	1,040
55	Romania	999
56	Qatar	948
57	North Macedonia	923
58	Brazil	903
59	Uruguay	902
60	MUS	853
61	Egypt	845
62	Algeria	822
63	Vietnam	768
64	Montenegro	764
65	Moldova	717
66	Malaysia	712
67	Kazakhstan	693
68	Bosnia and Herz.	670
69	Oman	655
70	Chile	639
71	Ukraine	586
72	Jordan	576
73	Senegal	572
74	Uzbekistan	542
75	Mongolia	535
76	Brunei	506
77	Trinidad and Tobago	493
78	Pakistan	474
79	Costa Rica	463
80	South Africa	444
81	Ecuador	400
82	Indonesia	395
83	Bahrain	384
84	Mexico	272
85	India	259
86	Panama	253
87	Namibia	225
88	Kenya	201
89	Honduras	188
90	Botswana	180
91	Venezuela	180
92	Philippines	170
93	Iraq	164
94	Kuwait	159
95	Albania	155
96	Syria	140
97	eSwatini	138
98	Paraguay	133
99	Rwanda	133
100	Congo	127
101	Sri Lanka	95
102	Zimbabwe	95
103	Colombia	90
104	Ethiopia	89
105	Ghana	88
106	Côte d'Ivoire	64
107	Bolivia	63
108	Nepal	60
109	El Salvador	58
110	Chad	57
111	Gambia	51
112	Malawi	50
113	Burkina Faso	47
114	Mozambique	44
115	Zambia	42
116	Togo	41
117	Madagascar	33
118	Papua New Guinea	33
119	Cambodia	30
120	Mali	29
121	Myanmar	28
122	Niger	27
123	Lesotho	24
124	Burundi	23
125	Nigeria	22
126	Dominican Rep.	20
127	Angola	19
128	Tanzania	19
129	Laos	16
130	Guatemala	15
131	Uganda	12
132	Dem. Rep. Congo	10

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