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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, Head count
55,588Head count · 2023+29.3% since 2013
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector (Head count). Annual figures for Belgium from 1981 to 2023.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 55,588 | |
| 2022 | 54,696 | |
| 2021 | 53,144 | |
| 2020 | 48,884 | |
| 2019 | 50,161 | |
| 2018 | 50,190 | |
| 2017 | 46,389 | |
| 2016 | 45,867 | |
| 2015 | 44,858 | |
| 2014 | 46,804 | |
| 2013 | 42,981 | |
| 2012 | 42,356 | |
| 2011 | 42,341 | |
| 2010 | 41,482 | |
| 2009 | 41,035 | |
| 2008 | 39,766 | |
| 2007 | 38,258 | |
| 2006 | 36,974 | |
| 2005 | 35,515 | |
| 2004 | 34,596 | |
| 2003 | 31,284 | |
| 2002 | 31,205 | |
| 2000 | 26,606 | |
| 1999 | 26,585 | |
| 1998 | 24,456 | |
| 1997 | 22,489 | |
| 1996 | 21,410 | |
| 1995 | 21,851 | |
| 1994 | 21,673 | |
| 1993 | 20,915 | |
| 1991 | 24,791 | |
| 1989 | 24,355 | |
| 1988 | 18,714 | |
| 1987 | 18,454 | |
| 1986 | 18,588 | |
| 1985 | 18,496 | |
| 1984 | 18,342 | |
| 1983 | 18,402 | |
| 1982 | 18,464 | |
| 1981 | 18,124 |
Source
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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, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-hes-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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