Number of researchers in R&D Japan 2014-2023, by institution type

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 22, 2024

As of March 2023, business enterprises employed around 530.6 thousand researchers, up from about 485 thousand people in 2014. Tertiary education institutions employed the second-largest number of researchers in Japan, at approximately 342.5 thousand.

Number of researchers employed in research and development (R&D) in Japan from 2014 to 2023, by institution type

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Release date

December 2023

Region

Japan

Survey time period

2014 to 2023; as of March 31 of each year

Supplementary notes

Data prior to 2023 are from previous reporting.

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