OECD Regions at a Glance 2009
This third edition provides the latest comparable data and trends across regions in OECD countries, including a special focus on the spatial dimension for innovation. It relies on the OECD Regional database, the most comprehensive set of statistics at the sub-national level on demography, economic and labour market performance, education, healthcare, environmental outputs and knowledge-based activities comparable among the OECD countries. This publication provides a dynamic link (StatLink) for each graph and map, which directs the user to a web page where the corresponding data are available in Excel®.
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Personnel Employed in Research and Development Activities
Research and development (R&D) personnel include all persons employed directly in R&D activities, such as technicians and support staff in addition to researchers. The number of R&D personnel in OECD regions is directly linked to their R&D expenditure effort. The percentage of R&D personnel as a percentage of total employment varies significantly among OECD countries (Figure 2.1). In 2005 Finland and Sweden were the countries with the highest number of people employed in R&D occupations, respectively 32 and 28 people per thousand employed. On the other hand Mexico had only 2 people employed in R&D per thousand employed while Turkey, had 4. Portugal and Poland also showed levels below 10.
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