Human resources in R&D
Total R&D researchers, full-time equivalent (2024)
Human resources in R&D
Total R&D researchers, full-time equivalent (2024)
rank
Year
Weighting
× 1 Source Year- 1 100.0 — China7,282,924 2023
- 2 37.4 United States2,726,638 2022
- 3 12.7 Japan927,402 2023
- 4 10.3 Russia748,721 2020
- 5 8.4 South Korea610,824 2023
- 6 5.0 India363,647 2020
- 7 4.2 Taiwan302,709 2023
- 8 +1 1.8 — Thailand133,648 2022
- 9 +2 1.6 — Pakistan117,247 2023
- 10 1.5 — Indonesia108,646 2020
- 11 −3 1.4 Australia100,654 2010
- 12 1.0 — Vietnam75,971 2021
- 13 0.8 — Singapore56,081 2022
- 14 0.4 — New Zealand26,041 2021
- 15 0.3 — North Korea25,000* 2017
- 16 0.3 — Malaysia24,113 2020
- 17 0.3 — Philippines18,632 2018
- 18 +1 0.0 — Bangladesh2,269* 2016
- 19 −1 0.0 — Sri Lanka2,096 2022
- 20 0.0 — Mongolia1,838 2022
- 21 +1 0.0 — Myanmar1,516 2023
- 22 −1 0.0 — Nepal1,511 2002
- 23 0.0 — Cambodia475 2015
- 24 0.0 — Papua New Guinea297 2016
- 25 0.0 — Brunei230 2022
- 26 0.0 — Timor-Leste200* 2024
- 27 0.0 — Laos88 2002
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