Researchers per million people in Japan

Japan had 5,609 researchers per million people in 2023.

Measure: Researchers per million people Unit: Researchers per million people Data: 1996 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Japan, 2023 5,609 Researchers per million people
Change from 2022 −21per million people 2022: 5,630 per million people
World, 2020 1,652 per million people Official aggregate Not the same period as Japan (2023).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023 5,435 per million people Middle value of 31 countries
Position in 2023 16th of 76 See the full ranking

Researchers per million people in Japan 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 JapanWorld
2023 5,609 per million people –
2022 5,630 per million people –
2021 5,590 per million people –
2020 5,450 per million people 1,652 per million people
2019 5,376 per million people –
2018 5,340 per million people 1,524 per million people
2017 5,320 per million people –
2016 5,233 per million people –
2015 5,198 per million people 1,381 per million people
2014 5,352 per million people –
2013 5,167 per million people –
2012 5,049 per million people –
2011 5,123 per million people –
2010 5,117 per million people 1,267 per million people
2009 5,114 per million people –
2008 5,125 per million people –
2007 5,344 per million people –
2006 5,353 per million people –
2005 5,322 per million people 1,195 per million people
2004 5,117 per million people –
2003 5,113 per million people –
2002 4,891 per million people –
2001 5,136 per million people –
2000 5,102 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 −21 from 5,630 per million people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 5,167 per million people, the figure has changed by +442.
  • Among the 76 countries with data for 2023, Japan has the 16th highest value.

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 Japan
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