Science and innovation — regional comparison
Researchers with academic degrees — total: ranking of regions, 2024
Comparison of 80 federal subjects of the Russian Federation by «Researchers with academic degrees — total» for 2024. The largest values are in: Moscow (36 132 people), Saint Petersburg (8 557 people), Moscow Oblast (6 505 people). The smallest value is in Kostroma Oblast — 12 people. The Russia-wide figure is 89 586 people.
Regions by indicator magnitude (80 regions)
Questions and answers
Which region has the largest value for «Researchers with academic degrees — total»?
As of 2024, the largest value is in Moscow — 36 132 people.
Which region has the smallest value?
The smallest value is in Kostroma Oblast — 12 people.
Which year do the figures cover, and where do they come from?
Figures for 2024 from the Rosstat yearbook "Regions of Russia. Socio-economic indicators".
On the regions map
The same indicator on an interactive map of Russia — region colours by value, year slider: open the «Researchers with academic degrees — total» map.
Other indicators in «Science and innovation»
- Researchers with academic degrees — Doctor of Sciences
- Researchers with academic degrees — Candidate of Sciences
- R&D personnel
- R&D personnel by category — researchers
- R&D personnel by category — technicians
- R&D personnel by category — supporting staff
- R&D personnel by category — other
- Innovation activity — share of organizations performing technological innovation
- Innovation activity — share of innovatively active organizations
- Advanced production technologies in use
- Capital R&D expenditure
- Volume of innovative goods, works and services — as % of shipped goods, works and services
Data source
Rosstat yearbook "Regions of Russia. Socio-economic indicators". Values for 2024, units: people. Each region has a page with the full indicator series since 1990.