{
 "code": "LK.POP.WDI.SP_POP_SCIE_RD_P6.A",
 "name": "Researchers in R&D (per million people) (World Bank WDI)",
 "unit": "Per million people",
 "frequency": "Annual",
 "base_year": null,
 "producer": "World Bank",
 "publisher": "World Bank",
 "source_url": "https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka",
 "latest_vintage": "2026-10-08",
 "page": "/data/series/LK.POP.WDI.SP_POP_SCIE_RD_P6.A/",
 "notice": "Compiled by Macro Lab; not an official publication of the source agency. Provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Not investment advice.",
 "licence": "Source: The World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "observations": [
  {"period": "1996", "value": 194.43149, "status": null},
  {"period": "2000", "value": 132.70514, "status": null},
  {"period": "2004", "value": 133.79126, "status": null},
  {"period": "2006", "value": 90.37763, "status": null},
  {"period": "2008", "value": 95.90583, "status": null},
  {"period": "2010", "value": 102.80578, "status": null},
  {"period": "2013", "value": 107.04016, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014", "value": 95.87685, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015", "value": 102.40151, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016", "value": 102.9348, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017", "value": 102.17296, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018", "value": 101.11335, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020", "value": 100.80931, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022", "value": 94.4866, "status": null}
 ]
}