The table below contains more information regarding the indicator.
| Goal |
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation |
|---|---|
| Target |
Target 9.5: Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending |
| Indicator |
Indicator 9.5.2: Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants |
| Definition and concepts |
The researchers per million inhabitants is a direct measure of the number of research and experimental development (R&D) workers per 1 million people. |
| Comment and limitations |
This is a proxy indicator that measures the number of researchers per million inhabitants rather than the number of researchers in full time equivalent per million inhabitant as specified in the UN Global metadata. |
| Method of computation |
Researchers per million inhabitants = (Researchers / Total population) × 1,000,000 |