In the indicators section, the results of the statistical information survey carried out by RICYT during 2024 were updated.
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Some highlights
- The financial resources to R&D by Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries reached 75 billion PPP dollars during 2022. This implied a growth of +13% compared to 2021 and +27% compared to 2013 .
- The investment effort made by all Latin American countries represented 0.56% of the regional gross product in 2022, while the same indicator for Latin America was 0.73%.
- The number of researchers in LAC continues to grow steadily, exceeding 700 thousand people. 74% of them are based in universities, reflecting the importance of higher education sector to R&D activities in the region.
- The scientific production of Latin American researchers in the SCOPUS database during 2022 exceeded 198 thousand articles. 35% was carried out collaboratively between authors from different countries and the physical sciences were the disciplines with the greatest international collaboration.
