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.
Spain, 2023
3,654
Change from 2022
+266per 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
28th of 76
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.
| Period | Spain | European 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.
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