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Philippines: Researchers in R&D

320.28per million people · 2020+502.4% since 2002

The number of researchers engaged in Research &Development (R&D), expressed as per million. Researchers are professionals who conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models techniques instrumentation, software of operational methods. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development. Annual figures for Philippines from 2002 to 2020.

20022020

Every year

YearValue (per million people)Note
2020320.279
2019302.085
2018170.213
2015103.173
2013182.593
201182.56
200980.309
200777.124
200579.065
200369.85
200253.171

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Researchers in R&D. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-researchers-in-r-d (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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