World Bank · Science
Spain: Researchers in R&D
3653.80per million people · 2023+39.3% since 2013
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 Spain from 1996 to 2023.
Every year
| Year | Value (per million people) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3,653.803 | |
| 2022 | 3,387.497 | |
| 2021 | 3,229.649 | |
| 2020 | 3,051.646 | |
| 2019 | 3,048.153 | |
| 2018 | 2,984.296 | |
| 2017 | 2,847.366 | |
| 2016 | 2,712.749 | |
| 2015 | 2,622.533 | |
| 2014 | 2,614.446 | |
| 2013 | 2,623.647 | |
| 2012 | 2,693.4 | |
| 2011 | 2,775.302 | |
| 2010 | 2,879.997 | |
| 2009 | 2,876.515 | |
| 2008 | 2,850.36 | |
| 2007 | 2,720.222 | |
| 2006 | 2,613.241 | |
| 2005 | 2,516.198 | |
| 2004 | 2,356.184 | |
| 2003 | 2,195.106 | |
| 2002 | 2,014.363 | |
| 2001 | 1,947.044 | |
| 2000 | 1,874.097 | |
| 1999 | 1,512.152 | |
| 1998 | 1,487.411 | |
| 1997 | 1,336.11 | |
| 1996 | 1,286.115 |
Source
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.
Researchers in R&D in other countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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