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Hong Kong SAR, China
Technicians in R&D (per million people)

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.

Global rank#11out of 35 countries
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Historical trend

467394321247174199820082018Hong Kong SAR, China · 2018: 316Hong Kong SAR, China

Analytical takeaways

  • Hong Kong SAR, China records 316 for Technicians in R&D (per million people) in 2018, ranking #11 globally out of 35 countries.
  • Technicians in R&D (per million people) increased from 221 in 1998 to 316 in 2018, a gain of 95.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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