developments provokes the decline in the number of scientists, and thus negatively
affects the state of intellectual capital, which undoubtedly does not contribute to the
country’s progressive development, and reproduction of its human capital and potential
as a whole.
Figure 7. Dependence of the number of employees performing research and
developments on expenses for their performance
(constructed according to the data [12])
The confirmation of the conclusions made is the dynamics in the share of
employees performing research and developments in the number of the employed
population of Ukraine, which has been negative for the last 8 years (fig. 8).
Figure 8.
Dynamics of changes in the share of employees
performing research
and developments in the number of the employed population of Ukraine by year
(constructed according to the data [12])
For comparison: according to Eurostat, in 2014, the share of scientists was the
highest in Denmark (3,07%), Finland (2,95%), and Norway (2,73%); the lowest share
was in Cyprus (0,69%), and Romania (0,48% ) [12]. According to the data of fig. 6,
Ukraine is in the group of countries with the extremely low share of scientists in the
number of the employed population – 0,47%. The steady decrease in the number of
employees performing research and developments is accompanied by the decline in
2010 -153,857
2011 -147,663
2012 -137,615
2013 -130,015
2014 -113,739
2015 -101,427
2016 -73,694
2017 -68,536
y = 615,35e
-2E-04x
R² = 0,875
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Expenses for the performance of research and develoments, million UAH
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0,71
0,67
0,63
0,62
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