Researchers per million people in Spain

Spain had 3,654 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
Spain, 2023 3,654 Researchers per million people
Change from 2022 +266per million people 2022: 3,387 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 28th of 76 See the full ranking

Researchers per million people in Spain 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 SpainEuropean Union
2023 3,654 per million people 4,741 per million people
2022 3,387 per million people 4,624 per million people
2021 3,230 per million people 4,404 per million people
2020 3,052 per million people 4,225 per million people
2019 3,048 per million people 4,156 per million people
2018 2,984 per million people 4,011 per million people
2017 2,847 per million people 3,847 per million people
2016 2,713 per million people 3,645 per million people
2015 2,623 per million people 3,545 per million people
2014 2,614 per million people 3,404 per million people
2013 2,624 per million people 3,344 per million people
2012 2,693 per million people 3,246 per million people
2011 2,775 per million people 3,124 per million people
2010 2,880 per million people 3,088 per million people
2009 2,877 per million people 2,986 per million people
2008 2,850 per million people 2,932 per million people
2007 2,720 per million people 2,771 per million people
2006 2,613 per million people 2,690 per million people
2005 2,516 per million people 2,601 per million people
2004 2,356 per million people 2,527 per million people
2003 2,195 per million people 2,338 per million people
2002 2,014 per million people 2,264 per million people
2001 1,947 per million people 2,234 per million people
2000 1,874 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 +266 from 3,387 per million people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 2,624 per million people, the figure has changed by +1,030.
  • Among the 76 countries with data for 2023, Spain has the 28th 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 Spain
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