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Source Contact person/organisation Contact person/organisation Data source(s) used Data source(s) usedJoint OECD-Eurostat international data collection on resources devoted to RD
Data Characteristics Data Characteristics Date last updated Date last updated9 October 2023.
Other data characteristics Other data characteristics Reference period Reference period1981 onward.
Unit of measure used Unit of measure usedHeadcounts and/or Full-time equivalent on R&D (FTE)
Variables collected Variables collectedThese tables contain research and development (RD) personnel statistics. Number of RD personnel is provided in both headcounts and full-time equivalent on RD by sex, sector of employment (business enterprise, government, higher education, and private non-profit) and by function (researchers, technicians and other support staff).
In response to Russia's large-scale aggression against Ukraine, the OECD Council decided on 8 March 2022 to immediately suspend the participation of Russia and Belarus in OECD bodies. In view of this decision, the OECD suspended its solicitation of official statistics on R&D from Russian authorities, leading to the absence of more recent R&D statistics for this country in the OECD database, while previously compiled data are still available.
In the April 2023 edition, the OECD suppressed and put on hold the publication of several R&D indicators for China because of concerns about the coherence of expenditure and personnel data. Chinese officials have since confirmed errors in the business R&D data submitted to OECD in February 2023 and revised figures subsequently. China provided additional explanations on the growth rates in the higher education and government sectors in 2019, as well as the discrepancies between personnel and expenditure trends in both sectors. Total estimates of GERD and its institutional sector components (BERD, HERD, GOVERD) for 2019 to 2021 have not been modified by China and have been published as reported to OECD. The OECD continues to encourage China and other non member economies to engage in comprehensive reporting of R&D statistics and metadata.
Mexico clarified that the biennial National Survey on Research and Technological Development (ESIDET) has not been conducted since 2017 and data reported to OECD had been extrapolated. Accordingly, the OECD decided to suppress R&D estimates from Mexico from reference year 2018 until further confirmation that data collection and estimation procedures consistent with Frascati Manual guidance have been resumed.
Population & Scope Population & Scope Geographic coverage Geographic coverageOECD COUNTRIES :
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
NON-MEMBER ECONOMIES :
Argentina, China, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, and Chinese Taipei.
Joint OECD-Eurostat international data collection on resources devoted to RD
Headcounts and/or Full-time equivalent on R&D (FTE)
These tables contain research and development (RD) personnel statistics. Number of RD personnel is provided in both headcounts and full-time equivalent on RD by sex, sector of employment (business enterprise, government, higher education, and private non-profit) and by function (researchers, technicians and other support staff).
In response to Russia's large-scale aggression against Ukraine, the OECD Council decided on 8 March 2022 to immediately suspend the participation of Russia and Belarus in OECD bodies. In view of this decision, the OECD suspended its solicitation of official statistics on R&D from Russian authorities, leading to the absence of more recent R&D statistics for this country in the OECD database, while previously compiled data are still available.
In the April 2023 edition, the OECD suppressed and put on hold the publication of several R&D indicators for China because of concerns about the coherence of expenditure and personnel data. Chinese officials have since confirmed errors in the business R&D data submitted to OECD in February 2023 and revised figures subsequently. China provided additional explanations on the growth rates in the higher education and government sectors in 2019, as well as the discrepancies between personnel and expenditure trends in both sectors. Total estimates of GERD and its institutional sector components (BERD, HERD, GOVERD) for 2019 to 2021 have not been modified by China and have been published as reported to OECD. The OECD continues to encourage China and other non member economies to engage in comprehensive reporting of R&D statistics and metadata.
Mexico clarified that the biennial National Survey on Research and Technological Development (ESIDET) has not been conducted since 2017 and data reported to OECD had been extrapolated. Accordingly, the OECD decided to suppress R&D estimates from Mexico from reference year 2018 until further confirmation that data collection and estimation procedures consistent with Frascati Manual guidance have been resumed.
1981 onward.
9 October 2023.
OECD COUNTRIES :
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
NON-MEMBER ECONOMIES :
Argentina, China, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, and Chinese Taipei.