Researchers per million people in United States
United States had 4,937 researchers per million people in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.
United States, 2022
4,937
Change from 2021
+37per million people
World, 2020
1,652 per million people
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022
5,247 per million people
Researchers per million people in United States over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Researchers per million people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United States | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4,937 per million people | – |
| 2021 | 4,901 per million people | – |
| 2020 | 4,568 per million people | 1,652 per million people |
| 2019 | 4,367 per million people | – |
| 2018 | 4,323 per million people | 1,524 per million people |
| 2017 | 4,021 per million people | – |
| 2016 | 3,897 per million people | – |
| 2015 | 3,950 per million people | 1,381 per million people |
| 2014 | 3,915 per million people | – |
| 2013 | 3,815 per million people | – |
| 2012 | 3,735 per million people | – |
| 2011 | 3,755 per million people | – |
| 2010 | 3,644 per million people | 1,267 per million people |
| 2009 | 3,878 per million people | – |
| 2008 | 3,751 per million people | – |
| 2007 | 3,624 per million people | – |
| 2006 | 3,674 per million people | – |
| 2005 | 3,635 per million people | 1,195 per million people |
| 2004 | 3,710 per million people | – |
| 2003 | 3,851 per million people | – |
| 2002 | 3,646 per million people | – |
| 2001 | 3,599 per million people | – |
| 2000 | 3,556 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 +37 from 4,901 per million people in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 3,735 per million people, the figure has changed by +1,203.