Tunisia: Researchers in R&D (per million people)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 272.23 in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 129.09 in 2018. 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 downward, about 30.14 a year. A straight line explains 53% of the movement over 9 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, Tunisia had the 6th 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.

Closest to Tunisia in the 2024 ranking

• Serbia — 3rd of 18: 2,688
• Russian Federation — 4th of 18: 2,639
• Georgia — 5th of 18: 1,896
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 7th of 18: 1,120
• Uruguay — 8th of 18: 937.57
• North Macedonia — 9th of 18: 888.07

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 17 values

Researchers in R&D (per million people) in nearby economies

• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 1,120 (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 2,240 (2021)
• Iraq — 164.29 (2021)
• Kuwait — 144.75 (2024)
• Malta — 2,355 (2023)
• Oman — 739.41 (2024)
• Pakistan — 473.72 (2023)

More infrastructure data for Tunisia

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 1.96 million (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 15.97 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 35,726 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 10.96 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 4.11 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 14.44 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 117.61 (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$526.47 million (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 4.26% (2025)
• Patent applications, nonresidents

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Questions people ask

What is Tunisia's researchers in R&D (per million people)?

1,668 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2007?

It is up 54.6% from 1,079 in 2007 (2.6% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1,969 in 2016 and the lowest 1,079 in 2007.

How does Tunisia rank?

6th highest of 18 economies with data for 2024.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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.

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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