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 (%)
Mauritania – – – – – – – – –
Morocco 2011 33.71 7.56 10.40 1.80 53.46 26.10 20.44 46.54 –
Oman 2013 15.55 h 13.04 h 6.48 h 25.26 h 60.32h 24.29 h 13.20 h 37.49 h 2.19 h
Palestine 2013 16.55 h 10.90 h 5.85 h 4.83 h 38.12h 27.69 h 34.19 h 61.88 h – h
Qatar 2012 9.33 42.67 26.03 1.62 79.65 14.26 4.81 19.07 1.28
Saudi Arabia 2009 16.76 k 43.04 k 0.71 k 2.60 k 63.10k – k 0.47 k 0.47 k 36.43 k
Sudan 2005 17.86 r 27.18 r 22.29 r 6.00 r 73.32r 16.06 r 8.10 r 24.16 r 2.52 r
Syrian Arab Rep. – – – – – – – – –
Tunisia – – – – – – – – –
United Arab Emirates – – – – – – – – –
Yemen – – – – – – – – –
Central Asia
Kazakhstan 2013 29.61 29.05 6.21 12.50 77.38 10.33 12.29 22.62 –
Kyrgyzstan 2011 26.66 25.49 17.67 9.53 79.36 6.92 11.65 18.57 2.07 r
Mongolia 2013 37.45 q 12.76 q 9.94 q 15.90 q 76.05q 23.95 c,q – 23.95 q –
Tajikistan 2013 23.65 9.57 17.38 21.93 72.54 15.57 11.90 27.46 –
Turkmenistan – – – – – – – – –
Uzbekistan 2011 22.37 16.13 11.85 6.06 56.40 22.07 21.53 43.60 –
South Asia
Afghanistan – – – – – – – – –
Bangladesh – – – – – – – – –
Bhutan – – – – – – – – –
India – – – – – – – – –
Maldives – – – – – – – – –
Nepal – – – – – – – – –
Pakistan 2013 23.37 h 17.45 h 15.66 h 13.03 h 69.52h 17.12 h 9.89 h 27.01 h 3.47 h
Sri Lanka 2010 28.30 22.22 16.35 20.34 87.21 7.81 c – g 7.81 4.98
South–East Asia
Brunei Darussalam – – – – – – – – –
Cambodia – – – – – – – – –
China – – – – – – – – –
China, Hong Kong SAR – – – – – – – – –
China, Macao SAR 2013 10.45 14.23 13.87 – 38.56q 41.80 q 18.56 q 60.36 q 1.08 q
Indonesia 2005 11.07 i 11.12 i 7.28 i 13.39 i 42.86i 18.16 i 7.34 i 25.50 i 31.64
Japan 2013 18.27 47.92 14.57 4.33 85.08 5.90 3.37 11.52 3.40
Korea, DPR – – – – – – – – –
Korea, Rep. of 2013 12.55 68.09 5.68 2.46 88.78 6.15 5.08 11.22 –
Lao PDR – – – – – – – – –
Malaysia 2012 27.61 42.78 3.89 6.61 80.89 16.09 3.02 19.11 –
Myanmar 2002 14.12 34.41 4.68 1.82 55.03 42.46 2.52 44.97 –
Philippines 2007 15.63 34.87 8.18 22.42 81.11 15.22 2.32 17.55 1.35
Singapore 2012 16.31 61.04 16.63 2.05 96.02 – – – 3.98
Thailand 2011 8.97 h 12.31 h 12.57 h 8.86 h 42.72h 26.81 h 2.62 h 29.43 h 27.86
Timor–Leste – – – – – – – – –
Viet Nam – – – – – – – – –
Oceania
Australia – – – – – – – – –
New Zealand – – – – – – – – –
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
N.B.: See Key To All Tables at the end of Table S10.
Agricultural sciences
Natural sciences and
engineering
Social sciences
Humanities
Social sciences and
humanities
Not elsewhere
classified
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