Table 2 Relevant aspects regarding development, investment and scientific research in evaluated countries
Country | Context indicators | National commitment to health and education | General countries data expenditures and production of technology and knowledge | Publications of scientific research | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Human developmenta(IDH) | Population (millions)b | GDP (current in billions of US$ )c | Public expenditure on health (%GDP)d | Public expenditure on education (%GDP)e | Expenditures on science and technology activities (per capita) US$f | Expenditures on experimental R&D (per capita) US$g | Patents granted to residents (by millions of individuals)h | Royalties and license fees, receipt (by millions of individuals) US$i | Researchers in R&D (by millions of individuals)j | Scientific publications indexed by LILACSk | Scientific publications indexed by MEDLINE (% of all publications indexed in MEDLINE)l | Publications in all fields of science indexed by the SCI (No.)m | Scientific publications in the health field indexed by SCI (No) (% of publications in all fields)n | |
2009 | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 or last available year | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 or last available year | 2009 | 2007 | 2009 | 2009 | 2008 | 2008 | |
Argentina | 0.788 | 40.1 | 307.1 | 5.1 | 6 | 51.5 | 46.05 | 6.14 (2008) | 2.7 | 980 | 1,051 | 2,456 (0.32) | 6,197 | 3,531 (56.98) |
Brazil | 0.708 | 193.3 | 1,594.5 | 3.5 | 5.4 (2008) | 130.53 | 88.84 | 1.76 | 2.2 | 657 | 15,945 | 13,335 (1.74) | 26,482 | 17,792 (67.19) |
Costa Rica | 0.738 | 4.6 | 29.3 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 147.13 | 35.35 | … | 0.1 | … | 76 | 99 (>0) | .. | … |
Dominican Rep | 0.68 | 9.8 | 46.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 2 (>0) | … | … |
Ecuador | 0.716 | 14,261.6 | 109.16 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 209.6 | 140.69 | 0 | … | 106 | 35 | 48 | … | … |
Guatemala | 0,569 | 14 | 37.7 | 2.1 | 3.2 (2008) | … | 1.49 | 0.07 | 0.9 | 29 | 14 | 27 (>0) | … | … |
Honduras | 0.619 | 7,449.9 | 27.65 | 4.1 | 0 | … | … | 1 | … | … | 35 | 11 | … | … |
Mexico | 0.762 | 112 | 879.7 | 2.7 | 4.9 (2008) | 31.61 | 32.39 | 1.9 | … | 353 | 508 | 2,949 (0.38) | 8,262 | 4,329 (52.40) |
Panama | 0.76 | 3.5 | 27.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 (2008) | 35.38 | 14.52 | … | 144 | 9 | 41 (>0) | … | … | |
Paraguay | 0.651 | 6.3 | 14.2 | 2.4 | 4.0 (2008) | … | … | 3.58 (2007) | 41.9 | .. | 35 | 10 (>0) | … | … |
Peru | 0.714 | 28.8 | 126.9 | 2.5 | 2.6 | … | … | … | 0.8 | … | 35 | 10 (>0) | … | … |
Uruguay | 0.773 | 3.4 | 31.3 | 5.9 | 2.8 (2006) | 61.68 | 40.12 | 0.45 | … | 189 | 194 (>0) | … | … | |
LAC | 0.772 | 76.1 | 44.08 | 0.88 | 0.0** | 443 (***) | 22,035 | 21,954 (2.88) | 48,791 | 30,478 (62.47) | ||||