UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

Table S7: Researchers by field of science, 2013 or closest year (%)
Year
Natural sciences
Engineering and
technology
Medical and health
sciences
Researchers by field of science in head counts (%)
North America
Canada – – – – – – – – –
United States of America – – – – – – – – –
Latin America
Argentina 2012 26.73 18.65 13.42 10.96 69.76 21.18 9.06 30.24 –
Belize – – – – – – – – –
Bolivia 2010 25.41 21.32 15.84 15.23 77.80 16.54 5.67 22.20 –
Brazil – – – – – – – – –
Chile 2008 21.36 25.91 16.94 12.31 76.52 18.20 5.26 23.48 –
Colombia 2012 18.72 11.38 15.67 6.42 52.19 36.83 7.66 44.49 3.32
Costa Rica 2011 8.07 h 8.36 h 7.59 h 7.29 h 31.32 h 8.91 h 1.82 h 10.73 h 57.96 d
Ecuador 2011 14.63 20.14 11.27 11.37 57.41 35.09 7.50 42.59 –
El Salvador 2013 39.27 19.64 15.56 4.68 79.15 17.52 3.32 20.85 –
Guatemala 2012 20.42 q 16.22 q 19.82 q 18.32 q 74.77 q 18.77 q 6.46 q 25.23 q –
Guyana – – – – – – – – –
Honduras – – – – – – – – –
Mexico 2003 16.71 35.43 12.34 9.58 74.07 17.40 8.53 25.93 –
Nicaragua – – – – – – – – –
Panama 2008 19.65 8.21 14.69 5.62 48.16 17.93 – 17.93 q 33.91
Paraguay 2008 13.18 15.06 12.24 20.94 61.41 23.29 9.88 33.18 5.41
Peru – – – – – – – – –
Suriname – – – – – – – – –
Uruguay 2013 28.80 10.45 12.78 15.36 67.37 23.26 9.28 32.54 0.08
Venezuela 2009 11.76 q 13.11 q 22.16 q 16.75 q 63.77 q 36.23 q – 36.23 q –
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda – – – – – – – – –
Bahamas – – – – – – – – –
Barbados – – – – – – – – –
Cuba – – – – – – – – –
Dominica – – – – – – – – –
Dominican Rep. – – – – – – – – –
Grenada – – – – – – – – –
Haiti – – – – – – – – –
Jamaica – – – – – – – – –
St Kitts and Nevis – – – – – – – – –
St Lucia – – – – – – – – –
St Vincent and the Grenadines – – – – – – – – –
Trinidad and Tobago 2012 24.73 29.54 14.44 10.50 79.21 20.79 – 20.79 q –
European Union
Austria – – – – – – – – –
Belgium – – – – – – – – –
Bulgaria 2012 24.59 27.33 13.48 7.91 73.31 15.99 10.70 26.69 –
Croatia 2012 15.54 30.74 20.93 7.04 74.26 15.69 10.05 25.74 –
Cyprus 2012 28.32 24.45 4.96 2.98 60.71 25.34 13.95 39.29 –
Czech Rep. 2012 27.08 39.52 11.88 4.55 83.04 9.36 7.61 16.96 –
Denmark – – – – – – – – –
Estonia 2012 24.88 h,r 10.87 h,r 6.75 h,r 4.14 h,r 46.63 h,r 13.57 h,r 13.09 h,r 26.66 h,r 26.71 d,r
Finland – – – – – – – – –
France – – – – – – – – –
Germany – – – – – – – – –
Greece 2011 14.98 34.49 21.23 5.22 75.91 12.12 11.97 24.09 –
Hungary 2012 26.87 33.35 10.85 5.18 76.24 13.23 10.54 23.76 –
Ireland – – – – – – – – –
Italy – – – – – – – – –
Latvia 2012 21.56 h,r 19.01 h,r 9.14 h,r 5.90 h,r 55.62 h,r 19.34 h,r 10.81 h,r 30.14 h,r 14.23 d,r
Lithuania 2012 17.31 h,r 14.73 h,r 11.92 h,r 2.74 h,r 46.70 h,r 26.77 h,r 15.00 h,r 41.77 h,r 11.53 d,r
Luxembourg – – – – – – – – –
Malta 2012 23.57 27.98 14.40 2.89 68.85 16.47 9.44 25.91 5.24
Netherlands 2012 17.02 42.92 14.58 7.74 82.26 14.35 3.39 17.74 –
Poland 2012 18.35 32.15 14.66 5.89 71.05 16.45 12.50 28.95 –
Portugal 2012 21.92 29.62 16.51 2.72 70.77 18.13 11.10 29.23 –
Romania 2012 17.20 46.93 9.24 4.50 77.86 15.91 6.23 22.14 –
Slovakia 2013 16.55 32.74 12.33 4.11 65.73 20.29 13.98 34.27 –
Slovenia 2012 24.82 39.39 13.82 5.82 83.87 9.58 6.56 16.14 –
Spain – – – – – – – – –
Sweden – – – – – – – – –
United Kingdom – – – – – – – – –
South–East Europe
Albania 2008 8.66 q 13.83 q 9.06 q 19.17 q 50.73 q 13.71 q 35.56 q 49.27 q –
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 16.55 40.48 2.49 14.30 73.82 19.68 5.46 25.14 1.04
Macedonia, FYR 2012 4.89 16.67 30.93 8.87 61.36 18.47 20.17 38.64 –
Montenegro 2011 6.73 21.67 28.53 4.27 61.19 18.82 19.99 38.81 –
Serbia 2012 20.58 23.95 9.37 13.37 67.27 19.02 13.71 32.73 –
Agricultural sciences
Natural sciences and
engineering
Social sciences
Humanities
Social sciences and
humanities
Not elsewhere
classified
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