Researchers per million people in Germany

Germany had 5,926 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
Germany, 2023 5,926 Researchers per million people
Change from 2022 +124per million people 2022: 5,802 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 13th of 76 See the full ranking

Researchers per million people in Germany 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 GermanyEuropean Union
2023 5,926 per million people 4,741 per million people
2022 5,802 per million people 4,624 per million people
2021 5,521 per million people 4,404 per million people
2020 5,390 per million people 4,225 per million people
2019 5,399 per million people 4,156 per million people
2018 5,209 per million people 4,011 per million people
2017 5,058 per million people 3,847 per million people
2016 4,840 per million people 3,645 per million people
2015 4,755 per million people 3,545 per million people
2014 4,336 per million people 3,404 per million people
2013 4,380 per million people 3,344 per million people
2012 4,356 per million people 3,246 per million people
2011 4,192 per million people 3,124 per million people
2010 4,056 per million people 3,088 per million people
2009 3,917 per million people 2,986 per million people
2008 3,727 per million people 2,932 per million people
2007 3,574 per million people 2,771 per million people
2006 3,412 per million people 2,690 per million people
2005 3,316 per million people 2,601 per million people
2004 3,291 per million people 2,527 per million people
2003 3,275 per million people 2,338 per million people
2002 3,241 per million people 2,264 per million people
2001 3,230 per million people 2,234 per million people
2000 3,154 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 +124 from 5,802 per million people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 4,380 per million people, the figure has changed by +1,546.
  • Among the 76 countries with data for 2023, Germany has the 13th 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 Germany
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