Total researchers by sectors of performance - full time equivalent 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. FTE (Full-time equivalent) corresponds to one year's work by one person (for example, a person who devotes 40 % of his time to R&D is counted as 0.4 FTE.

• • Sex
    • 0 Total
  • Professional position
    • 0 Researchers
  • Unit of measure
    • 0 Full-time equivalent (FTE)
  • 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