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Belgium: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
12,133Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+90.2% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Belgium from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12,133 | |
| 2023 | 9,754.9 | |
| 2022 | 9,438.8 | |
| 2021 | 8,794.7 | |
| 2020 | 8,455.3 | |
| 2019 | 7,770.3 | |
| 2018 | 7,530.2 | |
| 2017 | 6,946.4 | |
| 2016 | 6,653 | |
| 2015 | 6,469.8 | |
| 2014 | 6,380.7 | |
| 2013 | 5,931.5 | |
| 2012 | 5,818.3 | |
| 2011 | 4,573.1 | |
| 2010 | 4,403.9 | |
| 2009 | 4,591.3 | |
| 2008 | 4,326.2 | |
| 2007 | 3,844.1 | |
| 2006 | 3,698.3 | |
| 2005 | 3,588.8 | |
| 2004 | 3,483.8 | |
| 2003 | 3,757.2 | |
| 2002 | 3,687.2 | |
| 2001 | 3,678.3 | |
| 2000 | 3,492.9 | |
| 1999 | 3,131.6 | |
| 1998 | 2,886 | |
| 1997 | 2,807.2 | |
| 1996 | 2,658.6 | |
| 1995 | 2,338.5 | |
| 1994 | 2,345.4 | |
| 1993 | 2,317.5 | |
| 1991 | 2,611 | |
| 1989 | 3,120 | |
| 1988 | 1,388 | |
| 1987 | 1,398 | |
| 1986 | 1,409 | |
| 1985 | 1,410 | |
| 1984 | 1,412 | |
| 1983 | 1,384 | |
| 1982 | 1,357 | |
| 1981 | 1,347 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-gov-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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