{"id":11987,"date":"2017-03-02T02:38:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T06:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/?p=11987"},"modified":"2018-09-25T03:16:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T07:16:33","slug":"countries-highest-number-researchers-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/world\/countries-highest-number-researchers-science\/","title":{"rendered":"What countries have the highest number of researchers in science?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Scientific and technological research plays a pivotal role in the development of a nation. In fact, the number of researchers in a particular nation is a direct indication of the role scientific and technological research plays in its development. The more the number, the better indicator it serves to be.<\/p>\n

According to the UNESCO<\/strong> data,\u00a0China<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0had the maximum researchers in the field of science in the year 2012, who were into full-time employment. According to the data, the number of researchers in the country in the year stood at 1,404,017.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0United States<\/a>,<\/strong> which is reputed for its top class education and research facilities, came at the second spot. According to the data, there were some 1,265,064<\/strong> researchers working in the science sector in the country in the year 2012. Japan<\/strong>, which had 646,347<\/strong> researchers working in the science sector in 2012, stood at the third place.<\/p>\n

The European nations of\u00a0Germany<\/a>, France, the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy;<\/strong> the Asian nation of South Korea; the North American nation of Canada and the Russian Federation,<\/strong> which lies both in Europe and Asia<\/strong>, had more than 100,000 researchers working in the science sector in the year 2012.<\/p>\n

According to the 2010 data available for\u00a0Australia<\/a>\u00a0and India<\/strong>, the two nations known for their superior educational systems and research facilities, the total number of researchers working in the science sector stood at 100,414,<\/strong> and 192,819<\/strong> respectively.<\/p>\n

Occupying the bottom slots of the UNESCO data were nations such as Panama, Togo, Guatemala, Kuwait,<\/strong> and a few others, that had less than 1,000 researchers working in the science sector in the year 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Country<\/th>\nNumber of Researchers<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
China<\/td>\n1404017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United States of America<\/td>\n1265064<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japan<\/td>\n646347<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russian Federation<\/td>\n443269<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Germany<\/td>\n352419<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Republic of Korea<\/td>\n315589.193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
France<\/td>\n258913<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<\/td>\n256156.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canada<\/td>\n161590<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spain<\/td>\n126777.509<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Italy<\/td>\n110694.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turkey<\/td>\n82122.437<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Netherlands<\/td>\n73235.104<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Poland<\/td>\n67000.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ukraine<\/td>\n55954.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iran (Islamic Republic of)<\/td>\n52656<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malaysia<\/td>\n52052.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Argentina<\/td>\n50489.182<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sweden<\/td>\n49280<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belgium<\/td>\n45597.265<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Egypt<\/td>\n44692.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Portugal<\/td>\n42498.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finland<\/td>\n40468.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denmark<\/td>\n40080.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Austria<\/td>\n39345.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Switzerland<\/td>\n35949.988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Singapore<\/td>\n34140.997<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Czech Republic<\/td>\n33217.168<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morocco<\/td>\n28264.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norway<\/td>\n27841<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greece<\/td>\n24799.978<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hungary<\/td>\n23837<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/td>\n21382.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region<\/td>\n21236<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Romania<\/td>\n18016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tunisia<\/td>\n17658<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ireland<\/td>\n15973<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slovakia<\/td>\n15270.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Serbia<\/td>\n11801.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bulgaria<\/td>\n11300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slovenia<\/td>\n8884<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)<\/td>\n8686<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lithuania<\/td>\n8023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colombia<\/td>\n6944.619<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chile<\/td>\n6798.01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Croatia<\/td>\n6688<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estonia<\/td>\n4582<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Latvia<\/td>\n3904<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Republic of Moldova<\/td>\n2736<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luxembourg<\/td>\n2310.38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uruguay<\/td>\n1825<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Costa Rica<\/td>\n1581<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia<\/td>\n1269<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paraguay<\/td>\n1081<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cyprus<\/td>\n877<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malta<\/td>\n839<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/td>\n577.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kuwait<\/td>\n439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
China, Macao Special Administrative Region<\/td>\n415.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guatemala<\/td>\n411<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Togo<\/td>\n242.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Panama<\/td>\n142<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
India*<\/td>\n192,819 (2010)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Australia*<\/td>\n100,414 (2010)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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