Technicians in R&D in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Technicians in R&D was 566.35 per million people in 2014. ▲ Rising
Technicians in R&D in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 2006–2014
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in per million people.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 566.35 per million people for technicians in r&d in 2014. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and up 62.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, technicians in r&d in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 566.35 per million people in 2014 and was at its lowest, 349.44 per million people, in 2006.
Technicians in R&D in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | per million people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 349.44 per million people | — |
| 2007 | 370.52 per million people | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 403.34 per million people | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 438.17 per million people | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 459.92 per million people | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 495.29 per million people | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 520.77 per million people | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 546.86 per million people | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 566.35 per million people | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 390.37 per million people | 349.44 per million people | 438.17 per million people | 4 |
| 2010s | 517.84 per million people | 459.92 per million people | 566.35 per million people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 2 Austria 2,648 per million people compare
- 3 Switzerland 2,620 per million people compare
- 4 Iceland 2,371 per million people compare
- 5 Czechia 2,186 per million people compare
- 6 Denmark 2,124 per million people compare
- 7 Netherlands 2,038 per million people compare
- 8 Germany 2,007 per million people compare
More science & technology data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 106,704 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0002 units per person (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per square kilometre 0.0057 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Digital connectivity composite index 0.4034 standard deviations from the yearly mean (2025)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, annual growth rate -4.63 % change on previous year (2023)
- Research and development expenditure 0.7% (2023)
- Researchers in R&D 592.02 per million people (2014)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is technicians in r&d in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Technicians in r&d in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 566.35 per million people in 2014, according to UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest technicians in r&d recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 566.35 per million people in 2014.
- What is the lowest technicians in r&d recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 349.44 per million people in 2006.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for technicians in r&d?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 5th out of 11 groups with data for 2014.
- Is technicians in r&d rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Technicians in R&D (per million people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of technicians participated in Research & Development (R&D), expressed as per million. Technicians and equivalent staff are people who perform scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods, normally under the supervision of researchers. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.