Number of researchers in R&D Japan FY 2011-2020

Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 20, 2022
In fiscal year 2020, the research and development (R&D) field in Japan employed approximately 890.5 thousand researchers, the highest number of the past decade. Of all the researchers in the R&D field in fiscal 2020, around 17.5 percent were female, which is a number that has been increasing steadily over the last ten years.

Number of researchers working in research and development (R&D) in Japan from fiscal years 2011 to 2020 (in 1,000s)

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Release date

September 2022

Region

Japan

Survey time period

fiscal years 2011 to 2020; the fiscal year in Japan starts on April 1 and ends on March 31 of the following year

Supplementary notes

According to the source, business enterprises, non-profit institutions, and public organizations were prorated by the percentage of time that researchers are actually engaged in R&D activities. For universities and colleges headcounts were used. The number of researchers by type of institution can be found here.

Figures have been rounded.

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