Researchers per million people in Brazil

Brazil had 903 researchers per million people in 2014. The value for 2014 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Researchers per million people Unit: Researchers per million people Data: 2000 to 2014 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Brazil is for 2014. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Brazil, 2014 903 Researchers per million people
Change from 2013 +50per million people 2013: 853 per million people
World, 2020 1,652 per million people Official aggregate Not the same period as Brazil (2014).
Median of G20 countries, 2014 3,073 per million people Middle value of 15 countries

Researchers per million people in Brazil over time

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Researchers per million people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Researchers per million people (researchers per million people), 2000 to 2020
Period BrazilWorld
2020 – 1,652 per million people
2018 – 1,524 per million people
2015 – 1,381 per million people
2014 903 per million people –
2013 853 per million people –
2012 801 per million people –
2011 749 per million people –
2010 696 per million people 1,267 per million people
2009 634 per million people –
2008 599 per million people –
2007 563 per million people –
2006 550 per million people –
2005 516 per million people 1,195 per million people
2004 489 per million people –
2003 428 per million people –
2002 403 per million people –
2001 341 per million people –
2000 299 per million people 1,081 per million people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +50 from 853 per million people in 2013.
  • Since 2004, when it was 489 per million people, the figure has changed by +414.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2014 for Brazil
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics