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Belgium: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
28,417Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+19.7% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Belgium from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28,417 | |
| 2023 | 29,427.6 | |
| 2022 | 28,970.5 | |
| 2021 | 28,348.8 | |
| 2020 | 26,024.4 | |
| 2019 | 25,871.8 | |
| 2018 | 25,363.5 | |
| 2017 | 25,060.5 | |
| 2016 | 24,953.4 | |
| 2015 | 26,155.8 | |
| 2014 | 23,732.9 | |
| 2013 | 23,155.8 | |
| 2012 | 22,769.8 | |
| 2011 | 22,709.3 | |
| 2010 | 22,370.6 | |
| 2009 | 21,617.2 | |
| 2008 | 20,670.2 | |
| 2007 | 19,544.2 | |
| 2006 | 18,711.5 | |
| 2005 | 17,767 | |
| 2004 | 17,455.9 | |
| 2003 | 16,532.3 | |
| 2002 | 16,107.7 | |
| 2001 | 16,233.8 | |
| 2000 | 15,884.1 | |
| 1999 | 14,957.4 | |
| 1998 | 13,772.6 | |
| 1997 | 12,750.9 | |
| 1996 | 12,182.9 | |
| 1995 | 12,713.6 | |
| 1994 | 12,608.1 | |
| 1993 | 12,175.8 | |
| 1991 | 14,800 | |
| 1989 | 14,540 | |
| 1988 | 11,172 | |
| 1987 | 11,017 | |
| 1986 | 11,097 | |
| 1985 | 11,042 | |
| 1984 | 10,950 | |
| 1983 | 10,986 | |
| 1982 | 11,023 | |
| 1981 | 10,820 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-hes-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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