Progress
On track or target met
On track or target met

Desired direction: Increase

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Headline data

Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
Year Value Units Series
2012 5399.2 Per million inhabitants Number of researchers (full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
2014 5536.2 Per million inhabitants Number of researchers (full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
2022 6949.4 Per million inhabitants Number of researchers (full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
2011 5180.9 Per million inhabitants Number of researchers (full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
2010 5098.1 Per million inhabitants Number of researchers (full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
2013 5496.2 Per million inhabitants Number of researchers (full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
2017 5788.4 Per million inhabitants Number of researchers (full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
2021 6560.5 Per million inhabitants Number of researchers (full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
2020 6204.9 Per million inhabitants Number of researchers (full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
2016 5481.3 Per million inhabitants Number of researchers (full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
2015 5564.5 Per million inhabitants Number of researchers (full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
2018 6027.3 Per million inhabitants Number of researchers (full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
2019 6162.8 Per million inhabitants Number of researchers (full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants

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Footnote:

Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Available indicator

Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants
Target

9.5 Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending
Goal

9- Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Definition

Number of researchers in full-time equivalent jobs per million inhabitants
Theoretical formula \[TINV^{t} = \frac{INV^{t}}{P^{t}} \cdot 1.000.000\]

where:

$INV^{t} =$ researchers in full-time equivalent jobs in year $t$

$P^{t} =$ population as of 1 July of year $t$
Available disaggregations

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Frequency

Annual
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Indicator calculated using a methodology harmonised across the central statistical bodies of the autonomous communities
Data last updated 2025/04/22
Metadata last updated 2025/06/13

This section provides more information about the United Nations indicator or the European Union Sustainable Development Indicator, such as its rationale, international results, metadata, and other relevant statistics.

Rationale

The indicator is a direct measure of the number of research and experimental development (R&D) workers per 1 million people referred to in the target.

Fuente: División de Estadísticas de las Naciones Unidas
Comparability between the available indicator and the UN indicator

The available indicator complies with United Nations metadata.
International results

Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants (per 1,000,000 population) GB_POP_SCIERD UNSTATS
Link to UN metadata

Metadata 9-5-2.pdf
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