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Per 1,000 employees, how many are researchers?

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Values among 41 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Total researchers per 1000 employment (fulltime equivalents)
Year:	2018
Unit:	0/00
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	Eurostat Online Database
Data for:	AUT, BEL, BGR, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ITA, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, NLD, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR
Exceptions:	CHE (2017), TUR (2017)
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: Total R&D personnel and researchers by sectors of performance, as % of total labour force and total employment, and by sex [rd_p_perslf] URL: https://appsso.eurostat.ec.e… extracted May 19th, 2020
Source 2:	OECD Online Database
Data for:	AUS, CAN, CHL, ISR, JPN, KOR, MEX, NZL, USA
Exceptions:	AUS (2008), CAN (2016), CHL (2017), ISR (2012), MEX (2016), NZL (2017), USA (2017)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Main Science and Technology Indicators URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted May 19th, 2020

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	16.97
Minimum:	0
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Source 1: Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

Total Researchers

Israel

10.0

17.43

Denmark

10.0

16.94

Finland

9.2

15.37

South Korea

9.1

15.33

Sweden

9.1

15.31

Upper middle group

Norway

8.0

13.27

Belgium

7.5

12.28

Austria

7.4

12.02

Ireland

7.1

11.59

France

7.1

11.46

Netherlands

6.9

11.19

Iceland

6.8

10.90

Luxembourg

6.7

10.74

Germany

6.7

10.68

Slovenia

6.6

10.49

Switzerland

6.5

10.35

Portugal

6.5

10.33

New Zealand

6.4

10.09

6.3

9.93

Japan

6.2

9.84

Greece

6.2

9.77

Lower middle group

USA

5.9

9.23

Australia

5.8

9.03

Canada

5.5

8.41

Czechia

5.2

8.00

Estonia

5.2

7.89

Spain

4.9

7.32

Poland

4.9

7.30

Hungary

4.8

7.13

Lithuania

4.6

6.75

Slovakia

4.4

6.45

Italy

4.3

6.19

Bulgaria

3.9

5.38

Croatia

3.6

4.90

Turkey

3.2

4.09

Latvia

3.1

3.96

Bottom group

Malta

2.9

3.66

Cyprus

2.5

2.82

Romania

2.1

2.05

Chile

1.6

1.10

Mexico

1.5

1.02