UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT
Researchers in head counts
2009 2013
Total researchers
Female
researchers (%) *
Researchers per
million inhabitants
Total researchers
460 q 24.75 77 q – – – Libya
– – – – – – Mauritania
29 276 -1,q 27.60 -1 946 -1,q 36 732 -2,q 30.19 -2 1 146 -2,q Morocco
– – – 1 235 h 21.13 h 340 h Oman
1 550 18.77 396 4 533 h 22.59 h 1 048 h Palestine
– – – 1 725 -1 21.86 -1 841 -1 Qatar
1 271 k,q 1.42 47 k,q – – – Saudi Arabia
11 208 -4,b,r 40.00 -4,r 355 -4,b,r – – – Sudan
– – – – – – Syrian Arab Rep.
28 274 – 2 690 30 127 -1 – 2 770 -1 Tunisia
– – – – – – United Arab Emirates
– – – – – – Yemen
Central Asia
10 095 48.46 641 17 195 s 51.46 s 1 046 s Kazakhstan
2 290 43.45 435 2 224 -2 43.21 -2 412 -2 Kyrgyzstan
1 748 q 48.11 q 654 q 1 912 q 48.90 q 673 q Mongolia
1 722 38.79 -3 231 2 152 h 33.83 262 h Tajikistan
– – – – – – Turkmenistan
30 273 42.99 1 105 30 890 -2 40.92 -2 1 097 -2 Uzbekistan
South Asia
– – – – – – Afghanistan
– – – – – – Bangladesh
– – – – – – Bhutan
– – – – – – India
– – – – – – Maldives
3 000 -7,r 15.00 -7,r 124 -7,r 5 123 -3,q,s 7.79 -3 191 -3,q,s Nepal
54 689 h 26.97 322 h 60 699 h 29.78 h 333 h Pakistan
4 037 -1 39.86 -1 197 -1 5 162 -3 36.92 -3 249 -3 Sri Lanka
South–East Asia
244 -5,q 40.57 -5 676 -5,q – – – Brunei Darussalam
744 -7,q,r 20.70 -7,q,r 59 -7,q,r – – – Cambodia
– – – 2 069 650 -1 – 1 503 -1 China
23 014 – 3 284 24 934 -1 – 3 488 -1 China, Hong Kong SAR
658 q 32.37 q 1 261 q 1 110 q 34.50 q 1 960 q China, Macao SAR
41 143 r 30.58 -4 173 q,r – – – Indonesia
889 341 13.62 6 983 892 406 14.63 7 019 Japan
– – – – – – Korea, DPR
323 175 15.80 6 710 410 333 18.18 8 329 Korea, Rep. of
209 -7,q 22.97 -7,r 38 -7,q – – – Lao PDR
53 304 50.91 1 918 75 257 -1 49.92 -1 2 574 -1 Malaysia
4 725 -7,q 85.46 -7,b 96 -7,q – – – Myanmar
11 490 -2 52.25 -2 129 -2 – – – Philippines
34 387 28.49 6 927 38 432 -1 29.57 -1 7 247 -1 Singapore
38 506 51.08 581 51 178 -2 52.66 -2 769 -2 Thailand
– – – – – – Timor–Leste
41 117 -7 42.77 -7 498 -7 105 230 -2,s 41.67 -2,s 1 170 -2,s Viet Nam
Oceania
– – – – – – Australia
27 000 51.99 -8 6 246 28 100 -2 – 6 366 -2 New Zealand
– – – – – – Cook Islands
– – – – – – Fiji
– – – – – – Kiribati
– – – – – – Marshall Islands
– – – – – – Micronesia
19 -6,q 15.79 -6,q 1 925 -6,q,r – – – Nauru
– – – – – – Niue
– – – – – – Palau
– – – – – – Papua New Guinea
– – – – – – Samoa
– – – – – – Solomon Islands
– – – – – – Tonga
– – – – – – Tuvalu
– – – – – – Vanuatu
Note:
* The year for the share of female researchers may not be the same as the year for total researchers for some countries.
N.B.: See Key To All Tables at the end of Table S10.
Female
researchers (%) *
Researchers per
million inhabitants
773