Total researchers by sectors of performance - head count methods, notes and classification

Researchers are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, products, processes, methods and systems, and in the management of the projects concerned. Head count (HC) data measure the total number of researchers who are mainly or partly employed on R&D.

• • Sex
    • 0 Total
  • Professional position
    • 0 Researchers
  • Unit of measure
    • 0 Head count
  • Sector of performance
    • 0 All sectors
    • 1 Business enterprise sector
    • 2 Government sector
    • 3 Higher education sector
    • 4 Private non-profit sector
  • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
    • 00 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
    • 01 Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
    • 02 Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)
    • 03 Belgium
    • 04 Bulgaria
    • 05 Czechia
    • 06 Denmark
    • 07 Germany
    • 08 Estonia
    • 09 Ireland
    • 0a Greece
    • 0b Spain
    • 0c France
    • 0d Croatia
    • 0e Italy
    • 0f Cyprus
    • 0g Latvia
    • 0h Lithuania
    • 0i Luxembourg
    • 0j Hungary
    • 0k Malta
    • 0l Netherlands
    • 0m Austria
    • 0n Poland
    • 0o Portugal
    • 0p Romania
    • 0q Slovenia
    • 0r Slovakia
    • 0s Finland
    • 0t Sweden
    • 0u Iceland
    • 0v Norway
    • 0w Switzerland
    • 0x United Kingdom
    • 0y Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • 0z Montenegro
    • 10 North Macedonia
    • 11 Serbia
    • 12 Türkiye
    • 13 Russia
    • 14 United States
    • 15 China except Hong Kong
    • 16 Japan
    • 17 South Korea