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 (%) *
Libya – – – – – –
Mauritania – – – – – –
Morocco 20 703 -1,q 29.49 -1 669 -1,q 27 714 -2,q 31.79 -2 864 -2,q
Oman – – – 497 h 23.54 h 137 h
Palestine 567 33.57 -2 145 2 492 h – 576 h
Qatar – – – 1 203 -1 20.23 -1 587 -1
Saudi Arabia – – – – – –
Sudan – – – – – –
Syrian Arab Rep. – – – – – –
Tunisia 13 300 – 1 265 15 159 -1 – 1 394 -1
United Arab Emirates – – – – – –
Yemen – – – – – –
Central Asia
Kazakhstan 5 593 – 355 12 552 s – 763 s
Kyrgyzstan – – – – – –
Mongolia – – – – – –
Tajikistan – – – – – –
Turkmenistan – – – – – –
Uzbekistan – – – 15 029 -2,b 39.14 -2 534 -2,b
South Asia
Afghanistan – – – – – –
Bangladesh – – – – – –
Bhutan – – – – – –
India 154 827 -4 14.85 -4,q 137 -4 192 819 -3 14.28 -3 160 -3
Maldives – – – – – –
Nepal 1 500 -7,r – 62 -7,r – – –
Pakistan 27 602 h 23.67 162 h 30 244 h 31.27 h 166 h
Sri Lanka 1 972 -1 38.89 -1 96 -1 2 140 -3 39.35 -3 103 -3
South–East Asia
Brunei Darussalam 102 -5,q – 282 -5,q – – –
Cambodia 223 -7,q,r 22.60 -7,q,r 18 -7,q,r – – –
China 1 152 311 – 853 1 484 040 – 1 071
China, Hong Kong SAR 19 283 – 2 752 21 236 -1 – 2 971 -1
China, Macao SAR 300 q 29.68 q 575 q 527 q 32.18 q 931 q
Indonesia 21 349 q,r – 90 q,r – – –
Japan 655 530 – 5 147 660 489 – 5 195
Korea, DPR – – – – – –
Korea, Rep. of 244 077 – 5 068 321 842 – 6 533
Lao PDR 87 -7,q – 16 -7,q – – –
Malaysia 29 608 47.69 1 065 52 052 -1 47.01 -1 1 780 -1
Myanmar 837 -7,q – 17 -7,q – – –
Philippines 6 957 -2 50.81 -2 78 -2 – – –
Singapore 30 530 – 6 150 34 141 -1 – 6 438 -1
Thailand 22 000 50.29 332 36 360 -2 53.10 -2 546 -2
Timor–Leste – – – – – –
Viet Nam 9 328 -7 – 113 -7 – – –
Oceania
Australia 92 649 -1 – 4 280 -1 – – –
New Zealand 16 100 – 3 724 16 300 -2 – 3 693 -2
Cook Islands – – – – – –
Fiji – – – – – –
Kiribati – – – – – –
Marshall Islands – – – – – –
Micronesia – – – – – –
Nauru – – – – – –
Niue – – – – – –
Palau – – – – – –
Papua New Guinea – – – – – –
Samoa – – – – – –
Solomon Islands – – – – – –
Tonga – – – – – –
Tuvalu – – – – – –
Vanuatu – – – – – –
Source:
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), August, 2015
Sources for background data:
Population: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 2013; World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision
Researchers per
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Total researchers
Female
researchers (%) *
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