| Researchers in R&D (per million people) - Technology - Infrastructure - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Finland (2007) | 7,382 |
| 2 | Iceland (2007) | 7,167 |
| 3 | Singapore (2007) | 6,088 |
| 4 | Japan (2007) | 5,573 |
| 5 | Denmark (2007) | 5,431 |
| 6 | Norway (2007) | 5,247 |
| 7 | Sweden (2007) | 5,215 |
| 8 | United States (2006) | 4,663 |
| 9 | North Korea (2007) | 4,627 |
| 10 | South Korea (2007) | 4,627 |
| 11 | Luxembourg (2007) | 4,577 |
| 12 | New Zealand (2007) | 4,365 |
| 13 | Australia (2006) | 4,231 |
| 14 | Canada (2005) | 4,157 |
| 15 | High income: OECD (2006) | 3,981 |
| 16 | High income (2006) | 3,948 |
| 17 | Austria (2007) | 3,774 |
| 18 | Germany (2007) | 3,453 |
| 19 | France (2006) | 3,440 |
| 20 | Switzerland (2004) | 3,436 |
| 21 | Belgium (2007) | 3,413 |
| 22 | Russia (2007) | 3,305 |
| 23 | Slovenia (2007) | 3,109 |
| 24 | United Kingdom (2007) | 2,881 |
| 25 | Euro area (2006) | 2,872 |
| 26 | Ireland (2006) | 2,849 |
| 27 | Spain (2007) | 2,784 |
| 28 | Estonia (2007) | 2,748 |
| 29 | Czech Republic (2007) | 2,715 |
| 30 | Netherlands (2007) | 2,680 |
| 31 | Hong Kong (2006) | 2,650 |
| 32 | Portugal (2007) | 2,630 |
| 33 | Lithuania (2007) | 2,529 |
| 34 | Slovakia (2007) | 2,290 |
| 35 | Europe & Central Asia (2007) | 2,012 |
| 36 | Belarus (2007) | 1,961 |
| 37 | Jordan (1998) | 1,952 |
| 38 | Greece (2007) | 1,873 |
| 39 | Latvia (2007) | 1,861 |
| 40 | Faroe Islands (2003) | 1,795 |
| 41 | Hungary (2007) | 1,733 |
| 42 | Poland (2007) | 1,610 |
| 43 | Tunisia (2006) | 1,588 |
| 44 | Italy (2006) | 1,499 |
| 45 | Bulgaria (2007) | 1,466 |
| 46 | Ukraine (2007) | 1,458 |
| 47 | Croatia (2007) | 1,384 |
| 48 | Malta (2007) | 1,268 |
| 49 | Upper middle income (2006) | 1,262 |
| 50 | Serbia (2007) | 1,190 |
| 51 | China (2007) | 1,071 |
| 52 | East Asia & Pacific (2007) | 1,071 |
| 53 | Cyprus (2007) | 1,021 |
| 54 | Argentina (2007) | 979.5 |
| 55 | Romania (2007) | 876.83 |
| 56 | Chile (2004) | 832.56 |
| 57 | Moldova (2007) | 723.8 |
| 58 | Iran (2006) | 706.1 |
| 59 | Greenland (2004) | 701.08 |
| 60 | Turkey (2007) | 680.35 |
| 61 | Morocco (2006) | 647.33 |
| 62 | Brazil (2006) | 628.7 |
| 63 | Egypt (2007) | 616.57 |
| 64 | Middle income (2005) | 616.22 |
| 65 | Macau (2005) | 611.95 |
| 66 | Low & middle income (2005) | 598.07 |
| 67 | Macedonia (2006) | 521.14 |
| 68 | Latin America & Caribbean (2005) | 495.04 |
| 69 | Lower middle income (2005) | 478.86 |
| 70 | Mexico (2005) | 459.52 |
| 71 | South Africa (2006) | 381.87 |
| 72 | Uruguay (2002) | 373.24 |
| 73 | Malaysia (2006) | 371.5 |
| 74 | Thailand (2005) | 310.95 |
| 75 | Monaco (2005) | 307.69 |
| 76 | Guam (2005) | 284.75 |
| 77 | Brunei Darussalam (2004) | 280.89 |
| 78 | Senegal (2007) | 275.53 |
| 79 | Indonesia (2001) | 205.33 |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007) | 197.22 |
| 81 | Algeria (2005) | 170.24 |
| 82 | Kuwait (2007) | 165.55 |
| 83 | Seychelles (2005) | 156.91 |
| 84 | Pakistan (2007) | 152.09 |
| 85 | Colombia (2006) | 151.27 |
| 86 | India (2005) | 136.94 |
| 87 | Cape Verde (2002) | 131.95 |
| 88 | South Asia (2005) | 129.41 |
| 89 | Costa Rica (2005) | 121.71 |
| 90 | Bolivia (2002) | 120.07 |
| 91 | Vietnam (2002) | 115.36 |
| 92 | American Samoa (2005) | 95.44 |
| 93 | Sri Lanka (2006) | 93.03 |
| 94 | Philippines (2005) | 80.66 |
| 95 | Paraguay (2005) | 71 |
| 96 | Nicaragua (1997) | 70.11 |
| 97 | Ecuador (2007) | 69.26 |
| 98 | Ivory Coast (2005) | 65.94 |
| 99 | Panama (2004) | 62.35 |
| 100 | Nepal (2002) | 58.68 |
| 101 | Zambia (1999) | 52.55 |
| 102 | Madagascar (2007) | 50.36 |
| 103 | El Salvador (2000) | 49.28 |
| 104 | Mali (2006) | 42.33 |
| 105 | Togo (2007) | 34.28 |
| 106 | Republic of the Congo (2000) | 33.52 |
| 107 | Guatemala (2006) | 24.94 |
| 108 | Ethiopia (2007) | 20.54 |
| 109 | Burma (2002) | 17.67 |
| 110 | Cambodia (2002) | 16.87 |
| 111 | Laos (2002) | 15.54 |
| 112 | Lesotho (2004) | 10.12 |
| 113 | Niger (2005) | 7.71 |
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