Uruguay's researchers in R&D (per million people) was 937.57 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 41.13% from 664.34 in 2014 (3.5% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 937.57 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 803.42 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 664.34 | 2014 |
| Highest | 937.57 | 2024 |
| Lowest | 223.03 | 1999 |
| Average since 2015 | 816.04 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 223.03 | 1999 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Uruguay's researchers in R&D (per million people) rose 35.15 on 2023 (from 902.42 to 937.57).
Across the 16 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2023), the average change was +33.05 and a typical year strayed about 33.5 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 132.73 in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.16 in 2011. 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 25.49 a year. A straight line explains 99% 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.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 1,009 for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 14.34, against 60.94 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2024, Uruguay had the 8th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 937.57 | 2024 |
| High income | 4,607 | 2022 |
Closest to Uruguay in the 2024 ranking
- Georgia — 5th of 18: 1,896
- Tunisia — 6th of 18: 1,668
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 7th of 18: 1,120
- North Macedonia — 9th of 18: 888.07
- Kazakhstan — 10th of 18: 758.01
- Oman — 11th of 18: 739.41
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 20 values
| Year | Researchers in R&D (per million people) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 937.57 |
| 2023 | 902.42 |
| 2022 | 880.3 |
| 2021 | 845.82 |
| 2020 | 820.56 |
| 2019 | 803.42 |
| 2018 | 787.07 |
| 2017 | 756.68 |
| 2016 | 739.47 |
| 2015 | 687.09 |
| 2014 |
Researchers in R&D (per million people) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 1,313 (2023)
- Bolivia — 63.06 (2021)
- Chile — 707.06 (2022)
- Costa Rica — 507.76 (2023)
- Guatemala — 1.45 (2023)
- Mexico — 438.25 (2024)
- Panama — 250.47 (2024)
- Paraguay — 138.79 (2023)
- Venezuela, RB — 179.96 (2023)
More infrastructure data for Uruguay
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 1.21 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 35.62 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 4.93 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 145.5 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents — 401 (2024)
- Patent applications, residents — 13 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 67 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 9 (2024)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 27.83% (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Uruguay's researchers in R&D (per million people)?
- 937.57 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is up 320.38% from 223.03 in 1999 (5.91% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 937.57 in 2024 and the lowest 223.03 in 1999.
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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