UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

Table S6: Total researchers and researchers per million inhabitants, 2009 and 2013
Researchers in full–time equivalents
2009 2013
Total researchers
Female
researchers (%) *
Other Europe and West Asia
Armenia – – – – – –
Azerbaijan – – – – – –
Belarus – – – – – –
Georgia – – – – – –
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 52 256 i 24.21 i 711 i 54 813 -3,i 26.96 -3,i 736 -3,i
Israel – – – 63 728 -1,p,r 21.19 -2,p 8 337 -1,p,r
Moldova, Rep. of 2 861 48.03 794 2 623 47.85 752
Russian Federation 442 263 – 3 078 440 581 – 3 085
Turkey 57 759 33.37 811 89 075 32.96 1 189
Ukraine 61 858 q 43.89 -2 1 337 q 52 626 q – 1 163 q
European Free Trade Assoc.
Iceland 2 505 39.93 7 983 2 258 -2,s 35.96 -2,s 7 012 -2,s
Liechtenstein – – – – – –
Norway 26 273 – 5 433 28 343 – 5 621
Switzerland 25 142 -1 – 3 285 -1 35 950 -1 – 4 495 -1
Sub–Saharan Africa
Angola – – – 1 150 -2 27.83 -2 57 -2
Benin – – – – – –
Botswana – – – 352 -1 26.64 -1 176 -1
Burkina Faso – – – 742 -3 21.61 -3 48 -3
Burundi – – – – – –
Cabo Verde 60 -7,q – 131 -7,q 25 -2,l,q,s 36.00 -2,l,q 51 -2,l,q,s
Cameroon – – – – – –
Central African Rep. – – – – – –
Chad – – – – – –
Comoros – – – – – –
Congo 102 -9,q 12.78 -9 33 -9,q – – –
Congo, Dem. Rep. of – – – – – –
Côte d'Ivoire 1 269 -4,q 16.55 -4,q 73 -4,q – – –
Djibouti – – – – – –
Equatorial Guinea – – – – – –
Eritrea – – – – – –
Ethiopia 1 615 -2 7.74 -2 20 -2 4 267 s 13.04 45 s
Gabon – – – – – –
Gambia 179 20.00 -1 110 59 -2,q,s 20.48 -2 34 -2,q,s
Ghana 392 -2 17.59 -2 17 -2 941 -3,s 17.30 -3 39 -3,s
Guinea – – – – – –
Guinea–Bissau – – – – – –
Kenya 2 105 -2,q 17.84 -2,r 56 -2,q 9 305 -3,s 20.00 -3 227 -3,s
Lesotho 46 q 41.03 q 23 q 12 -2,l,q 32.77 -2,q 6 -2,l,q
Liberia – – – – – –
Madagascar 930 q 31.72 45 q 1 106 -2,q,s 34.18 -2 51 -2,q,s
Malawi 406 -2 21.86 -2 30 -2 732 -3,h 18.55 -3 49 -3,h
Mali 513 -3,q 13.26 -3,q 42 -3,q 443 -3 14.06 -3 32 -3
Mauritius – – – 228 -1,h 41.44 -1,h 184 -1,h
Mozambique 273 h,i,q 33.72 q 12 h,i,q 912 -3,h,s 32.24 -3 38 -3,h,s
Namibia – – – – – –
Niger 101 -4,q – 8 -4,q – – –
Nigeria 5 677 -2,h,q 23.35 -2,q 39 -2,h,q – – –
Rwanda 123 l,q 34.17 l 12 l,q – – –
Sao Tome and Principe – – – – – –
Senegal 4 527 -1 23.81 -1 370 -1 4 679 -3 24.83 -3 361 -3
Seychelles 13 -4,q 30.77 -4,q 149 -4,q – – –
Sierra Leone – – – – – –
Somalia – – – – – –
South Africa 19 793 39.02 389 21 383 -1 43.42 -1 408 -1
South Sudan – – – – – –
Swaziland – – – – – –
Tanzania – – – 1 600 -3,h,q 24.59 -3 36 -3,h,q
Togo 216 -2,h 12.21 -2,q 37 -2,h 242 -1,h,s 9.45 -1 36 -1,h,s
Uganda – – – 1 263 -3 26.26 -3 37 -3
Zambia 536 -1 34.33 -1 43 -1 – – –
Zimbabwe – – – 1 305 -1,h 25.45 -1 95 -1,h
Arab states
Algeria 5 593 -4,q 36.53 -4,q 165 -4,q – – –
Bahrain 39 l,q 41.03 l,q 33 l,q 67 l,q 50.75 l,q 50 l,q
Egypt 35 158 q 36.00 458 q 47 652 h 43.69 h 581 h
Iraq 12 048 b,h 34.06 h 399 b,h 13 559 -2,b,h 33.94 -2,h 426 -2,b,h
Jordan – – – – – –
Kuwait 402 k,q 37.06 k,q 141 k,q 439 -1,k,q 36.22 -1,k,q 135 -1,k,q
Lebanon – – – – – –
Researchers per
million inhabitants
Total researchers
Female
researchers (%) *
Researchers per
million inhabitants
770