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Researchers per million people Ranking Map for 134 countries and territories Limited coverage: Countries and territories reporting researcher counts to UNESCO or the World Bank. 134 countries and territories included; reference period: latest available year by country (2010–2025).
In the available data, Liechtenstein has the highest recorded value at 18,129.8 per million people (rank #1); Japan ranks #19 at 5,608.6 per million people. Coverage: 134 countries and territories. Reference years: Liechtenstein 2023; Japan 2023. This adjusts researcher counts for population size but not for fields, output or working conditions.
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Compare researchers per million people within the covered dataset. Countries and territories reporting researcher counts to UNESCO or the World Bank.
Japan 5,608.6 per million people
Japan, world rank 19 for Researchers per million people, 5,608.6 per million people
Fiji: Not included in this limited dataset Tanzania: 19.3 per million people Western Sahara: Not included in this limited dataset Canada: 5,624.3 per million people United States: 4,937.5 per million people Kazakhstan: 758 per million people Uzbekistan: 639.5 per million people Papua New Guinea: 33.2 per million people Indonesia: 395.3 per million people Argentina: 1,312.8 per million people Chile: 707.1 per million people Democratic Republic of the Congo: 10.1 per million people Somalia: Not included in this limited dataset Kenya: 384 per million people Sudan: Not included in this limited dataset Chad: 56.7 per million people Haiti: Not included in this limited dataset Dominican Republic: 20 per million people Russia: 2,638.6 per million people Bahamas: Not included in this limited dataset Falkland Islands: Not included in this limited dataset Norway: 7,450.6 per million people Greenland: Not included in this limited dataset Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: Not included in this limited dataset South Africa: 444.2 per million people Lesotho: 32.2 per million people Mexico: 438.2 per million people Uruguay: 937.6 per million people Brazil: 903.2 per million people Bolivia: 63.1 per million people Peru: Not included in this limited dataset Colombia: 90.2 per million people Panama: 250.5 per million people Costa Rica: 507.8 per million people Nicaragua: Not included in this limited dataset Honduras: 187.8 per million people El Salvador: 55.5 per million people Guatemala: 1.4 per million people Belize: Not included in this limited dataset Venezuela: 180 per million people Guyana: Not included in this limited dataset Suriname: Not included in this limited dataset France: 5,368.6 per million people Ecuador: 400.3 per million people Puerto Rico: 332.4 per million people Jamaica: Not included in this limited dataset Cuba: 2,171.3 per million people Zimbabwe: 95.1 per million people Botswana: 179.8 per million people Namibia: 224.8 per million people Senegal: 572.4 per million people Mali: 26 per million people Mauritania: Not included in this limited dataset Benin: Not included in this limited dataset Niger: 26.9 per million people Nigeria: 22.1 per million people Cameroon: Not included in this limited dataset Togo: 57.8 per million people Ghana: 87.5 per million people Côte d’Ivoire: Not included in this limited dataset Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Guinea-Bissau: Not included in this limited dataset Liberia: Not included in this limited dataset Sierra Leone: Not included in this limited dataset Burkina Faso: 46.6 per million people Central African Republic: Not included in this limited dataset Republic of the Congo: 127 per million people Gabon: Not included in this limited dataset Equatorial Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Zambia: Not included in this limited dataset Malawi: 25.2 per million people Mozambique: 44.4 per million people Eswatini: 137.9 per million people Angola: 18.9 per million people Burundi: 22.5 per million people Israel: Not included in this limited dataset Lebanon: Not included in this limited dataset Madagascar: 32.9 per million people Palestine: 584.4 per million people Gambia: 50.9 per million people Tunisia: 1,667.6 per million people Algeria: 1,764 per million people Jordan: 576 per million people United Arab Emirates: 2,606.8 per million people Qatar: 947.8 per million people Kuwait: 144.8 per million people Iraq: 164.3 per million people Oman: 739.4 per million people Vanuatu: Not included in this limited dataset Cambodia: 30.4 per million people Thailand: 1,592 per million people Laos: Not included in this limited dataset Myanmar: 28 per million people Vietnam: 836.1 per million people North Korea: Not included in this limited dataset South Korea: 9,471.8 per million people Mongolia: 535.4 per million people India: 259.3 per million people Bangladesh: Not included in this limited dataset Bhutan: 236.3 per million people Nepal: Not included in this limited dataset Pakistan: 473.7 per million people Afghanistan: Not included in this limited dataset Tajikistan: Not included in this limited dataset Kyrgyzstan: Not included in this limited dataset Turkmenistan: Not included in this limited dataset Iran: 2,239.7 per million people Syria: 139.9 per million people Armenia: 942.2 per million people Sweden: 8,910.7 per million people Belarus: 1,567.8 per million people Ukraine: 586.1 per million people Poland: 3,675.1 per million people Austria: 6,633.6 per million people Hungary: 4,567.1 per million people Moldova: 649.9 per million people Romania: 1,082.1 per million people Lithuania: 3,703.9 per million people Latvia: 2,190.9 per million people Estonia: 4,800.4 per million people Germany: 5,926.1 per million people Bulgaria: 2,400.6 per million people Greece: 5,283.4 per million people Türkiye: 2,644.7 per million people Albania: 428.7 per million people Croatia: 2,440.3 per million people Switzerland: 6,108 per million people Luxembourg: 5,359.1 per million people Belgium: 5,990.1 per million people Netherlands: 6,563.3 per million people Portugal: 5,983.3 per million people Spain: 3,653.8 per million people Ireland: 5,752.8 per million people New Caledonia: Not included in this limited dataset Solomon Islands: Not included in this limited dataset New Zealand: 5,435.5 per million people Australia: 4,568.6 per million people Sri Lanka: 94.5 per million people China: 2,107.3 per million people Taiwan: Not included in this limited dataset Italy: 2,855.1 per million people Denmark: 8,837.5 per million people United Kingdom: 4,472.7 per million people Iceland: 5,952.5 per million people Azerbaijan: 1,662.5 per million people Georgia: 1,896 per million people Philippines: 320.3 per million people Malaysia: 1,218.3 per million people Brunei: 506.2 per million people Slovenia: 5,616.3 per million people Finland: 8,314.9 per million people Slovakia: 3,506.6 per million people Czechia: 4,504.6 per million people Eritrea: Not included in this limited dataset Japan: 5,608.6 per million people Paraguay: 138.8 per million people Yemen: Not included in this limited dataset Saudi Arabia: 1,234.7 per million people Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 1,686.5 per million people Morocco: 1,083.4 per million people Egypt: 1,120.2 per million people Libya: Not included in this limited dataset Ethiopia: 89 per million people Djibouti: Not included in this limited dataset Somaliland: No data Uganda: 81.3 per million people Rwanda: 133.1 per million people Bosnia and Herzegovina: 705.2 per million people North Macedonia: 888.1 per million people Serbia: 2,687.5 per million people Montenegro: 764.4 per million people Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 492.7 per million people South Sudan: Not included in this limited dataset Japan South Korea 2 Sweden 3 Denmark 4 Dominican Republic 130 Tanzania 131 Angola 132 Democratic Republic of the Congo 133 Guatemala 134 Austria Portugal Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Researchers per million peopleRankings 19/134 5,608.6 per million people
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #19 for researchers per million people. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Liechtenstein 18,129.8 per million people 2 South Korea 9,471.8 per million people 3 Sweden 8,910.7 per million people 4 Denmark 8,837.5 per million people 5 Singapore 8,781.7 per million people
134 Guatemala 1.4 per million people 133 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.1 per million people 132 Angola 18.9 per million people 131 Tanzania 19.3 per million people 130 Dominican Republic 20 per million people 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Researchers per million people ranking map Countries and territories reporting researcher counts to UNESCO or the World Bank. This page orders 134 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Liechtenstein (18,129.8 per million people), #2 South Korea (9,471.8 per million people), #3 Sweden (8,910.7 per million people)
Japan’s position World #19 (5,608.6 per million people)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
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Researchers per million people Full ranking134 countries #1 Liechtenstein 18,129.8 per million people Profile #2 South Korea 9,471.8 per million people Profile #3 Sweden 8,910.7 per million people Profile #4 Denmark 8,837.5 per million people Profile #5 Singapore 8,781.7 per million people Profile #6 Finland 8,314.9 per million people Profile #7 Norway 7,450.6 per million people Profile #8 Austria 6,633.6 per million people Profile #9 Netherlands 6,563.3 per million people Profile #10 Switzerland 6,108 per million people Profile #11 Belgium 5,990.1 per million people Profile #12 Portugal 5,983.3 per million people Profile #13 Iceland 5,952.5 per million people Profile #14 Germany 5,926.1 per million people Profile #15 Hong Kong 5,873.7 per million people Profile #16 Ireland 5,752.8 per million people Profile #17 Canada 5,624.3 per million people Profile #18 Slovenia 5,616.3 per million people Profile #19 Japan 5,608.6 per million people Profile #20 New Zealand 5,435.5 per million people Profile #21 France 5,368.6 per million people Profile #22 Luxembourg 5,359.1 per million people Profile #23 Greece 5,283.4 per million people Profile #24 United States 4,937.5 per million people Profile #25 Estonia 4,800.4 per million people Profile #26 Macau 4,634.1 per million people Profile #27 Australia 4,568.6 per million people Profile #28 Hungary 4,567.1 per million people Profile #29 Czechia 4,504.6 per million people Profile #30 United Kingdom 4,472.7 per million people Profile #31 Lithuania 3,703.9 per million people Profile #32 Poland 3,675.1 per million people Profile #33 Spain 3,653.8 per million people Profile #34 Slovakia 3,506.6 per million people Profile #35 Italy 2,855.1 per million people Profile #36 Serbia 2,687.5 per million people Profile #37 Türkiye 2,644.7 per million people Profile #38 Russia 2,638.6 per million people Profile #39 United Arab Emirates 2,606.8 per million people Profile #40 Croatia 2,440.3 per million people Profile #41 Bulgaria 2,400.6 per million people Profile #42 Malta 2,355 per million people Profile #43 Iran 2,239.7 per million people Profile #44 Latvia 2,190.9 per million people Profile #45 Cuba 2,171.3 per million people Profile #46 China 2,107.3 per million people Profile #47 Georgia 1,896 per million people Profile #48 Algeria 1,764 per million people Profile #49 Cyprus 1,686.5 per million people Profile #50 Tunisia 1,667.6 per million people Profile #51 Azerbaijan 1,662.5 per million people Profile #52 Thailand 1,592 per million people Profile #53 Belarus 1,567.8 per million people Profile #54 Argentina 1,312.8 per million people Profile #55 Saudi Arabia 1,234.7 per million people Profile #56 Malaysia 1,218.3 per million people Profile #57 Egypt 1,120.2 per million people Profile #58 Morocco 1,083.4 per million people Profile #59 Romania 1,082.1 per million people Profile #60 Qatar 947.8 per million people Profile #61 Armenia 942.2 per million people Profile #62 Uruguay 937.6 per million people Profile #63 Brazil 903.2 per million people Profile #64 North Macedonia 888.1 per million people Profile #65 Bahrain 848.9 per million people Profile #66 Vietnam 836.1 per million people Profile #67 Montenegro 764.4 per million people Profile #68 Kazakhstan 758 per million people Profile #69 Oman 739.4 per million people Profile #70 Chile 707.1 per million people Profile #71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 705.2 per million people Profile #72 Mauritius 688.5 per million people Profile #73 Moldova 649.9 per million people Profile #74 Uzbekistan 639.5 per million people Profile #75 Ukraine 586.1 per million people Profile #76 Palestine 584.4 per million people Profile #77 Jordan 576 per million people Profile #78 Senegal 572.4 per million people Profile #79 Mongolia 535.4 per million people Profile #80 Costa Rica 507.8 per million people Profile #81 Brunei 506.2 per million people Profile #82 Trinidad and Tobago 492.7 per million people Profile #83 Pakistan 473.7 per million people Profile #84 South Africa 444.2 per million people Profile #85 Mexico 438.2 per million people Profile #86 Albania 428.7 per million people Profile #87 Ecuador 400.3 per million people Profile #88 Indonesia 395.3 per million people Profile #89 Kenya 384 per million people Profile #90 Puerto Rico 332.4 per million people Profile #91 Philippines 320.3 per million people Profile #92 India 259.3 per million people Profile #93 Panama 250.5 per million people Profile #94 Bhutan 236.3 per million people Profile #95 Namibia 224.8 per million people Profile #96 Honduras 187.8 per million people Profile #97 Venezuela 180 per million people Profile #98 Botswana 179.8 per million people Profile #99 Iraq 164.3 per million people Profile #100 Kuwait 144.8 per million people Profile #101 Syria 139.9 per million people Profile #102 Paraguay 138.8 per million people Profile #103 Eswatini 137.9 per million people Profile #104 Rwanda 133.1 per million people Profile #105 Republic of the Congo 127 per million people Profile #106 Cabo Verde 124.9 per million people Profile #107 Zimbabwe 95.1 per million people Profile #108 Sri Lanka 94.5 per million people Profile #109 Colombia 90.2 per million people Profile #110 Ethiopia 89 per million people Profile #111 Ghana 87.5 per million people Profile #112 Uganda 81.3 per million people Profile #113 Bolivia 63.1 per million people Profile #114 Togo 57.8 per million people Profile #115 Chad 56.7 per million people Profile #116 El Salvador 55.5 per million people Profile #117 Gambia 50.9 per million people Profile #118 Burkina Faso 46.6 per million people Profile #119 Mozambique 44.4 per million people Profile #120 Papua New Guinea 33.2 per million people Profile #121 Madagascar 32.9 per million people Profile #122 Lesotho 32.2 per million people Profile #123 Cambodia 30.4 per million people Profile #124 Myanmar 28 per million people Profile #125 Niger 26.9 per million people Profile #126 Mali 26 per million people Profile #127 Malawi 25.2 per million people Profile #128 Burundi 22.5 per million people Profile #129 Nigeria 22.1 per million people Profile #130 Dominican Republic 20 per million people Profile #131 Tanzania 19.3 per million people Profile #132 Angola 18.9 per million people Profile #133 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.1 per million people Profile #134 Guatemala 1.4 per million people Profile