Number of reseachers per million inhabitants
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Country
|
Researchers
per million inhabitants |
Finland
|
7,707
|
Iceland
|
7,315
|
Singapore
|
6,088
|
Denmark
|
5,670
|
Japan
|
5,573
|
Norway
|
5,468
|
Sweden
|
5,239
|
Luxembourg
|
4,748
|
United
States |
4,663
|
South
Korea |
4,627
|
New
Zealand |
4,365
|
United
Kingdom |
4,269
|
Canada
|
4,260
|
Australia
|
4,224
|
Austria
|
4,123
|
Portugal
|
3,799
|
Germany
|
3,532
|
France
|
3,496
|
Slovenia
|
3,490
|
Switzerland
|
3,436
|
Belgium
|
3,435
|
Russia
|
3,191
|
Ireland
|
3,090
|
Netherlands
|
3,089
|
Jordan
|
3,030
|
Estonia
|
2,966
|
Spain
|
2,944
|
Czech
Republic |
2,886
|
Hong
Kong |
2,650
|
Lithuania
|
2,547
|
Slovakia
|
2,331
|
Belarus
|
1,953
|
Latvia
|
1,935
|
Nauru
|
1,925
|
Greece
|
1,873
|
Georgia
|
1,817
|
Hungary
|
1,733
|
Poland
|
1,623
|
Italy
|
1,616
|
Tunisia
|
1,588
|
Croatia
|
1,514
|
Bulgaria
|
1,499
|
Ukraine
|
1,458
|
Azerbaijan
|
1,358
|
Armenia
|
1,339
|
Malta
|
1,286
|
Serbia
|
1,196
|
Montenegro
|
1,081
|
China
|
1,071
|
Cyprus
|
1,026
|
Argentina
|
980
|
Botswana
|
942
|
Romania
|
908
|
Chile
|
833
|
Moldova
|
726
|
Iran
|
706
|
Brazil
|
694
|
Turkey
|
680
|
Mongolia
|
666
|
Morocco
|
647
|
Kazakhstan
|
646
|
Egypt
|
617
|
Macao
|
612
|
Macedonia
|
521
|
Cuba
|
493
|
Trinidad
& Tobago |
477
|
South
Africa |
393
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
380
|
Malaysia
|
372
|
Mexico
|
353
|
Uruguay
|
346
|
Thailand
|
311
|
Monaco
|
308
|
Sudan
|
290
|
Brunei
Darussalam |
281
|
Senegal
|
276
|
Guinea
|
253
|
Indonesia
|
205
|
Nigeria
|
203
|
Bosnia
& Herzegovina |
197
|
Saint
Vincent & the Grenadines |
194
|
Tajikistan
|
191
|
Venezuela
|
187
|
Peru
|
181
|
Congo
|
176
|
Algeria
|
170
|
Kuwait
|
166
|
Seychelles
|
157
|
Pakistan
|
152
|
Panama
|
144
|
India
|
137
|
Cape
Verde |
132
|
Colombia
|
126
|
Costa
Rica |
122
|
Bolivia
|
120
|
Benin
|
119
|
Viet
Nam |
115
|
Gabon
|
107
|
Sri
Lanka |
93
|
Honduras
|
81
|
Philippines
|
81
|
Paraguay
|
71
|
Ecuador
|
69
|
Zambia
|
67
|
Cote
d’Ivoire |
66
|
Nicaragua
|
61
|
Libyan
Arab Jamahiriya |
60
|
Nepal
|
59
|
Madagascar
|
50
|
El
Salvador |
49
|
Mali
|
42
|
Saudi
Arabia |
41
|
Congo
|
34
|
Togo
|
34
|
Gambia
|
30
|
Guatemala
|
29
|
Uganda
|
29
|
Cameroon
|
26
|
Ethiopia
|
21
|
Myanmar
|
18
|
Cambodia
|
17
|
Laos
|
16
|
Mozambique
|
16
|
Burkina
Faso |
13
|
Central
African Republic |
10
|
Lesotho
|
10
|
Niger
|
8
|
Source: UNESCO & www.vividmaps.com