A useful measure of how inventors are valued is how much money countries invest in research and development. The higher the number of researchers per country, the better funded the research sector. Extra private and public funding often attracts the best inventive minds and can result in more innovation and invention of new products. In 2020, South Korea led the table for researchers per one million people. The remaining top 10 countries were all from Europe, apart from Japan. The first Latin American country on the list is Mexico, in 79th position. In terms of research and development spending, as a percentage of GDP, in 2019, Israel led the way, with South Korea second and the United States sixth. Argentina was Latin America’s highest-placed investor in 42nd place globally, followed by Mexico in 43rd.