Researchers per million people in Portugal
Portugal had 5,983 researchers per million people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.
Portugal, 2023
5,983
Change from 2022
+297per 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
11th of 76
Researchers per million people in Portugal 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 | Portugal | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5,983 per million people | 4,741 per million people |
| 2022 | 5,687 per million people | 4,624 per million people |
| 2021 | 5,431 per million people | 4,404 per million people |
| 2020 | 5,131 per million people | 4,225 per million people |
| 2019 | 4,859 per million people | 4,156 per million people |
| 2018 | 4,614 per million people | 4,011 per million people |
| 2017 | 4,348 per million people | 3,847 per million people |
| 2016 | 3,992 per million people | 3,645 per million people |
| 2015 | 3,725 per million people | 3,545 per million people |
| 2014 | 3,658 per million people | 3,404 per million people |
| 2013 | 3,606 per million people | 3,344 per million people |
| 2012 | 4,032 per million people | 3,246 per million people |
| 2011 | 4,166 per million people | 3,124 per million people |
| 2010 | 3,924 per million people | 3,088 per million people |
| 2009 | 3,769 per million people | 2,986 per million people |
| 2008 | 3,827 per million people | 2,932 per million people |
| 2007 | 2,674 per million people | 2,771 per million people |
| 2006 | 2,345 per million people | 2,690 per million people |
| 2005 | 2,013 per million people | 2,601 per million people |
| 2004 | 1,976 per million people | 2,527 per million people |
| 2003 | 1,939 per million people | 2,338 per million people |
| 2002 | 1,828 per million people | 2,264 per million people |
| 2001 | 1,717 per million people | 2,234 per million people |
| 2000 | 1,634 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 +297 from 5,687 per million people in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 3,606 per million people, the figure has changed by +2,378.
- Among the 76 countries with data for 2023, Portugal has the 11th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 4,741 per million people.
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R&D spending share of GDP
1.69%
2023 · World Bank
Scientific and technical journal articles
18,225 articles
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R&D spending share of GDP
1.81%p (Provisional)
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Researchers as a share of the labour force
1.25%
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European patent applications
34.2p (Provisional) per million people
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