Researchers per million inhabitants

Definition

SDG Indicator 9.5.2: Number of professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge (who conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models, techniques instrumentation, software or operational methods) during a given year expressed as a proportion of a population of one million.

Data source

R&D surveys.

Source definition

Adapted from OECD (2015), Frascati Manual 2015: Guidelines for Collecting and Reporting Data on Research and Experimental Development.

Calculation method

Number of researchers during a given year divided by the total population (using mid-year population as reference) and multiplied by 1,000,000.