| Target name | Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending |
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| Indicator name | Researchers per million inhabitants |
| Global / Proxy indicator | Global indicator |
| Description of indicator | This indicator is obtained by dividing the number of researcher personnel calculated in terms of full time equivalent (FTE), by mid-year population (million people). Full time equivalent is calculated by dividing the time spent by a person or group for R&D activities in a given a calendar year by the total time worked in the same period. Researchers are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, products, processes, methods and systems and also in the management of the projects concerned. |
| Unit | (FTE) |
| Available disaggregation | Researchers by sectors |
| Calculation | Researchers per million inhabitants = (Total number of researcher personnel calculated in terms of full time equivalent) / (Mid-year population) * 1 000 000 |
| Comparability | Comparable over time - Produced in full compliance with global metadata |
| Revision | - |
| Other information | Number of researchers by sectors are also provided in terms of FTE and Number. |
| Data source | TurkStat, Research and Development Activities Research |
| Data source link | https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Kategori/GetKategori?p=bilgi-teknolojileri-ve-bilgi-toplumu-102&dil=2 |
For Surveys
| Sample coverage |
Full census is applied. Sectors covered: a) Financial and Non-Financial Institutions (All initiatives that are or are estimated to be engaged in R&D are covered, data are compiled directly on the web) b) General Government (All central government institutions and metropolitan municipalities are covered, data are compiled directly on the web) c) Non-Profit Organizations (Purposeful selection among Associations and Foundations, data are compiled directly on the web, the results are published by combining with the General Government) d) Higher Education (All state and foundation universities are included. Some of the data - foundation universities R&D expenditures, projects and fees, technicians and other support personnel information - are directly compiled on the web, the results of the ""Higher Education Section Time Use Survey"" conducted in 2015, FTE calculations. YÖK Academic database, central government budget, investment budget, revolving fund data, annual reports of universities, TÜBİTAK project information are used as administrative records, as well as estimation coefficients for other current expenditures and investment expenditures. |
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| Sample size |
General Government: 1164 Financial and Non-Financial Companies: 21 846 Higher Education Section: Number of units from research and administrative registry: 205 Number of units from administrative registry: 143 609 |
| Interview method | Online (web) questionnaire, Excel questionnaire and Administrative registers data are used. |
| Reference period for application of survey | December of the previous year (01-31 December) |
| Field survey time and duration | Field application is being implemented in the May-July period of the related year. |