Researchers per million people in Italy
Italy had 2,855 researchers per million people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.
Italy, 2023
2,855
Change from 2022
+60per million people
European Union, 2023
4,741 per million people
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
4,800 per million people
Position in 2023
30th of 76
Researchers per million people in Italy 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.
| Period | Italy | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2,855 per million people | 4,741 per million people |
| 2022 | 2,796 per million people | 4,624 per million people |
| 2021 | 2,659 per million people | 4,404 per million people |
| 2020 | 2,615 per million people | 4,225 per million people |
| 2019 | 2,671 per million people | 4,156 per million people |
| 2018 | 2,524 per million people | 4,011 per million people |
| 2017 | 2,322 per million people | 3,847 per million people |
| 2016 | 2,210 per million people | 3,645 per million people |
| 2015 | 2,076 per million people | 3,545 per million people |
| 2014 | 1,947 per million people | 3,404 per million people |
| 2013 | 1,916 per million people | 3,344 per million people |
| 2012 | 1,831 per million people | 3,246 per million people |
| 2011 | 1,761 per million people | 3,124 per million people |
| 2010 | 1,723 per million people | 3,088 per million people |
| 2009 | 1,704 per million people | 2,986 per million people |
| 2008 | 1,614 per million people | 2,932 per million people |
| 2007 | 1,580 per million people | 2,771 per million people |
| 2006 | 1,508 per million people | 2,690 per million people |
| 2005 | 1,413 per million people | 2,601 per million people |
| 2004 | 1,242 per million people | 2,527 per million people |
| 2003 | 1,223 per million people | 2,338 per million people |
| 2002 | 1,243 per million people | 2,264 per million people |
| 2001 | 1,164 per million people | 2,234 per million people |
| 2000 | 1,155 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 +60 from 2,796 per million people in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 1,916 per million people, the figure has changed by +939.
- Among the 76 countries with data for 2023, Italy has the 30th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 4,741 per million people.
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Scientific and technical journal articles
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Researchers as a share of the labour force
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European patent applications
80.9p (Provisional) per million people
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