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Belgium: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)

121,647Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+67.1% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Belgium from 1981 to 2024.

19832024

Every year

YearValue (Full-time equivalent (FTE))Note
2024121,647
2023119,825.4
2022118,039.2
2021119,164.9
202095,965.8
201993,524.3
201888,593.8
201782,686.2
201678,667.9
201577,520.4
201472,794.3
201367,898.5
201267,005.5
201162,894.7
201060,074.6
200959,755.9
200858,475.7
200757,963.3
200655,713.7
200553,517.1
200452,252.7
200352,256.5
200252,054.4
200155,949.1
200053,391.4
199949,465.8
199846,416.3
199744,208.4
199642,576.4
199539,833.4
199438,766.9
199336,786.8
199140,063
198940,065
198836,770
198736,727
198636,203
198534,859
198433,390
198333,032
198233,042
198132,531

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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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