Researchers per million people in France

France had 5,369 researchers per million people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.

Measure: Researchers per million people Unit: Researchers per million people Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
France, 2023 5,369 Researchers per million people
Change from 2022 +187per million people 2022: 5,182 per million people
European Union, 2023 4,741 per million people Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 4,800 per million people Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2023 18th of 76 See the full ranking

Researchers per million people in France 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 2023
Period FranceEuropean Union
2023 5,369 per million people 4,741 per million people
2022 5,182 per million people 4,624 per million people
2021 5,058 per million people 4,404 per million people
2020 4,883 per million people 4,225 per million people
2019 4,774 per million people 4,156 per million people
2018 4,671 per million people 4,011 per million people
2017 4,547 per million people 3,847 per million people
2016 4,392 per million people 3,645 per million people
2015 4,311 per million people 3,545 per million people
2014 4,210 per million people 3,404 per million people
2013 4,134 per million people 3,344 per million people
2012 4,052 per million people 3,246 per million people
2011 3,921 per million people 3,124 per million people
2010 3,850 per million people 3,088 per million people
2009 3,723 per million people 2,986 per million people
2008 3,636 per million people 2,932 per million people
2007 3,564 per million people 2,771 per million people
2006 3,405 per million people 2,690 per million people
2005 3,298 per million people 2,601 per million people
2004 3,321 per million people 2,527 per million people
2003 3,185 per million people 2,338 per million people
2002 3,101 per million people 2,264 per million people
2001 2,971 per million people 2,234 per million people
2000 2,903 per million people 2,117 per million people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +187 from 5,182 per million people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 4,134 per million people, the figure has changed by +1,235.
  • Among the 76 countries with data for 2023, France has the 18th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 4,741 per million people.

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
1996 to 2023 for France
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