Table 1.7.1 - BMFTR's Data Portal

Table 1.7.1

R&D personnel, by personnel groups and sectors of employment, based on full-time equivalents
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		Total	Of which, researchers	Of which, technicians	Of which, others
Sector (OECD definition)	Year (ACTUAL)²⁾	Number
1. Business enterprise sector³⁾	1981	242,544	77,017	73,039	92,488
	1989	296,510	113,247	88,082	95,181
	1993	293,774	128,956	81,952	82,863
	1995	283,316	129,370	78,155	75,791
	1996	276,794	126,392	76,356	74,046
	1997	286,270	132,686	79,016	74,569
	1998	288,090	133,529	79,518	75,043
	1999	306,693	150,149	80,165	76,378
	2000	312,490	153,026	81,654	77,810
	2001	307,257	157,836	74,144	75,277
	2002	302,600	155,440	73,020	74,140
	2003	298,072	161,980	70,056	66,035
	2004	298,549	162,232	70,177	66,140
	2005	304,502	166,874	76,256	61,372
	2006	312,145	171,063	78,170	62,912
	2007	321,853	174,307	83,563	63,983
	2008	332,909	180,297	86,433	66,181
	2009	332,491	183,214	88,002	61,275
	2010	337,211	185,815	89,251	62,145
	2011	357,129	190,696	115,495	50,941
	2012	367,478	199,623	117,499	50,356
	2013	360,375	198,585	113,935	47,855
	2014	371,706	198,076	122,273	51,357
	2015	404,767	230,823	125,438	48,506
	2016	413,027	235,758	127,395	49,875
	2017	436,571	252,759	132,794	51,017
	2018	451,057	261,634	136,611	52,813
	2019	475,676	276,964	143,513	55,199
	2020	467,444	272,171	141,029	54,244
	2021	478,129	277,043	146,198	54,887
	2022	505,253	298,163	149,610	57,480
2. Government sector⁴⁾⁵⁾	1981	50,921	18,919	16,532	15,470
	1989	60,269	24,319	18,746	17,205
	1993	71,363	34,011	20,668	16,684
	1995	75,148	37,324	20,380	17,444
	1996	74,725	37,687	20,220	16,818
	1997	73,495	37,402	19,364	16,729
	1998	73,369	38,210	18,618	16,541
	1999	71,435	37,846	17,535	16,054
	2000	71,454	37,667	17,599	16,188
	2001	71,906	38,587	17,355	15,964
	2002	72,690	39,080	17,507	16,103
	2003	73,867	38,719	8,525	26,623
	2004	76,088	42,212	7,146	26,730
	2005	76,254	39,911	8,420	27,923
	2006	78,357	41,486	10,383	26,487
	2007	80,644	43,561	11,751	25,332
	2008	83,066	45,342	11,815	25,910
	2009	86,633	49,241	12,274	25,118
	2010	90,531	51,783	12,565	26,182
	2011	93,663	54,185	12,634	26,844
	2012	95,882	55,597	12,972	27,313
	2013	98,161	56,755	13,799	27,607
	2014	101,005	52,854	20,041	28,110
	2015	101,717	54,011	20,012	27,694
	2016	103,206	53,971	20,646	28,589
	2017	106,025	54,715	21,902	29,408
	2018	109,487	57,183	22,310	29,994
	2019	112,593	59,221	22,274	31,097
	2020	114,695	60,988	22,472	31,235
	2021	119,268	63,701	22,786	32,781
	2022	120,907	64,460	22,412	34,035
3. Higher education sector⁶⁾	1981	58,614	32,264	11,462	14,888
	1989	69,667	38,836	13,498	17,332
	1993	m	m	m	m
	1995	100,674	64,434	13,636	22,604
	1996	102,160	66,110	13,578	22,472
	1997	100,645	65,704	13,369	21,573
	1998	100,080	65,973	12,929	21,179
	1999	101,471	66,695	12,666	22,110
	2000	100,790	67,087	12,151	21,551
	2001	101,443	67,962	11,951	21,530
	2002	104,714	71,292	11,746	21,675
	2003	100,593	68,243	11,375	20,976
	2004	96,092	65,764	10,559	19,769
	2005	94,522	65,363	9,902	19,258
	2006	97,433	67,273	10,369	19,791
	2007	103,953	72,985	11,836	19,132
	2008	107,529	77,004	11,532	18,993
	2009	115,851	84,852	11,384	19,615
	2010	120,981	90,398	11,395	19,188
	2011	124,308	93,811	11,386	19,111
	2012	127,900	97,199	10,895	19,807
	2013	130,079	99,123	11,036	19,919
	2014	132,542	100,992	11,073	20,476
	2015	134,032	103,148	10,752	20,132
	2016	141,661	109,877	11,443	20,342
	2017	143,753	112,143	11,171	20,439
	2018	147,160	114,868	11,492	20,801
	2019	147,316	114,512	10,990	21,814
	2020	151,692	117,638	11,387	22,668
	2021	156,543	120,901	10,853	24,789
	2022	159,261	123,388	10,966	24,907
4. Total	1981	352,079	128,200	101,033	122,846
	1989	426,446	176,402	120,326	129,718
	1993	m	m	m	m
	1995	459,138	231,128	112,171	115,839
	1996	453,679	230,189	110,154	113,336
	1997	460,410	235,792	111,749	112,869
	1998	461,539	237,712	111,065	112,763
	1999	479,599	254,690	110,366	114,542
	2000	484,734	257,780	111,404	115,549
	2001	480,606	264,385	103,450	112,771
	2002	480,004	265,812	102,273	111,918
	2003	472,532	268,942	89,956	113,634
	2004	470,729	270,208	87,882	112,639
	2005	475,278	272,148	94,578	108,553
	2006	487,935	279,822	98,922	109,190
	2007	506,450	290,853	107,150	108,447
	2008	523,504	302,643	109,780	111,084
	2009	534,975	317,307	111,660	106,008
	2010	548,723	327,996	113,211	107,515
	2011	575,100	338,692	139,515	96,896
	2012	591,261	352,419	141,366	97,476
	2013	588,615	354,463	138,770	95,382
	2014	605,253	351,923	153,387	99,943
	2015	640,515	387,982	156,202	96,331
	2016	657,894	399,606	159,484	98,806
	2017	686,349	419,617	165,867	100,864
	2018	707,704	433,685	170,413	103,608
	2019	735,584	450,697	176,777	108,110
	2020	733,831	450,796	174,888	108,147
	2021	753,940	461,645	179,838	112,457
	2022	785,420	486,011	182,988	116,422