Macao SAR, China's researchers in R&D (per million people) was 4,634 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 360.11% from 1,007 in 2014 (16.49% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4,634 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 3,588 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 1,007 | 2014 |
| Highest | 4,634 | 2024 |
| Lowest | 233.58 | 2002 |
| Average since 2015 | 3,386 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 259.35 | 2001 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Macao SAR, China's researchers in R&D (per million people) rose 807.15 on 2023 (from 3,827 to 4,634).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2023), the average change was +162.16 and a typical year strayed about 341.83 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1,336 in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 594.04 in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 261.91 a year. A straight line explains 73% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Macao SAR, China had the 2nd highest value of the 18 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Macao SAR, China | 4,634 | 2024 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 2,426 | 2023 |
| High income | 4,607 | 2022 |
Closest to Macao SAR, China in the 2024 ranking
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 1st of 18: 5,874
- Serbia — 3rd of 18: 2,688
- Russian Federation — 4th of 18: 2,639
- Georgia — 5th of 18: 1,896
What this measures
The number of researchers engaged in Research &Development (R&D), expressed as per million. Researchers are professionals who conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models techniques instrumentation, software of operational methods. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.
Limitations: Estimates of the resources allocated to R&D are affected by national characteristics such as the periodicity and coverage of national R&D surveys across institutional sectors and industries; and the use of different sampling and estimation methods. R&D typically involves a few large performers, hence R&D surveys use various techniques to maintain up-to-date registers of known performers, while attempting to identify new or occasional performers.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 24 values
| Year | Researchers in R&D (per million people) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,634 |
| 2023 | 3,827 |
| 2022 | 3,498 |
| 2021 | 4,093 |
| 2020 | 3,826 |
| 2019 | 3,588 |
| 2018 | 3,429 |
| 2017 | 3,137 |
| 2016 | 2,584 |
| 2015 | 1,248 |
| 2014 |
Researchers in R&D (per million people) in nearby economies
- China — 2,107 (2023)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 5,874 (2024)
- Japan — 5,609 (2023)
- Korea, Rep. — 9,472 (2023)
- Malaysia — 1,218 (2022)
- Myanmar — 28.01 (2023)
- New Zealand — 5,435 (2023)
- Philippines — 320.28 (2020)
- Singapore — 8,782 (2022)
- Thailand — 1,592 (2023)
More infrastructure data for Macao SAR, China
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 81,260 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 11.28 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.45 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 201.14 (2024)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 0.15% (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 89.83% (2024)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions — 215,037 (2024)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) — 29.86 (2024)
- ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) — 12.5% (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Macao SAR, China's researchers in R&D (per million people)?
- 4,634 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is up 1,687% from 259.35 in 2001 (13.35% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4,634 in 2024 and the lowest 233.58 in 2002.
- How does Macao SAR, China rank?
- 2nd highest of 18 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in researchers in R&D (per million people) unusual for Macao SAR, China?
- In 2024, Macao SAR, China's researchers in R&D (per million people) rose 807.15 on 2023 (from 3,827 to 4,634). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2023), the average change was +162.16 and a typical year strayed about 341.83 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources/bulk, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), date accessed: 2025-03-26, date published: 2025-02 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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