SGI 2020 | Sustainable Policies | Economic Policies | Research, Innovation and Infrastructure

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:	2020
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
Exceptions:	ISL (2018), CHE (2019)
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://ec.europa.eu/eurosta… extracted June 11th, 2022
Source 2:	OECD Online Database
Data for:	AUS, CAN, CHL, ISR, JPN, KOR, MEX, NZL, GBR, USA
Exceptions:	AUS (2010), CAN (2018), CHL (2019), ISR (2012), NZL (2019), GBR (2019), USA (2019)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Main Science and Technology Indicators URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted June 11th, 2022

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	17.60125
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

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Israel

9.9

17.38

Finland

9.8

17.23

Sweden

9.5

16.67

South Korea

9.5

16.60

Denmark

9.3

16.18

Upper middle group

Belgium

8.2

14.12

Norway

8.1

13.94

Austria

7.3

12.38

France

7.1

11.98

Portugal

7.0

11.75

Greece

6.9

11.59

Netherlands

6.9

11.45

Germany

6.8

11.38

Iceland

6.6

10.90

Ireland

6.6

10.88

Slovenia

6.5

10.75

Luxembourg

6.4

10.62

New Zealand

6.4

10.61

Switzerland

6.4

10.53

Japan

6.1

10.03

USA

6.1

9.93

Lower middle group

5.9

9.64

Hungary

5.8

9.32

Australia

5.6

9.03

Canada

5.5

8.80

Czechia

5.4

8.69

Estonia

5.2

8.26

Poland

5.0

7.86

Lithuania

5.0

7.82

Spain

4.9

7.67

Italy

4.8

7.44

Slovakia

4.4

6.74

Turkey

3.9

5.75

Bulgaria

3.9

5.59

Croatia

3.9

5.59

Latvia

3.4

4.79

Malta

3.0

3.96

Bottom group

Cyprus

2.9

3.74

Romania

2.2

2.42

Mexico

1.6

1.24

Chile

1.6

1.14