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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.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 121,647 | |
| 2023 | 119,825.4 | |
| 2022 | 118,039.2 | |
| 2021 | 119,164.9 | |
| 2020 | 95,965.8 | |
| 2019 | 93,524.3 | |
| 2018 | 88,593.8 | |
| 2017 | 82,686.2 | |
| 2016 | 78,667.9 | |
| 2015 | 77,520.4 | |
| 2014 | 72,794.3 | |
| 2013 | 67,898.5 | |
| 2012 | 67,005.5 | |
| 2011 | 62,894.7 | |
| 2010 | 60,074.6 | |
| 2009 | 59,755.9 | |
| 2008 | 58,475.7 | |
| 2007 | 57,963.3 | |
| 2006 | 55,713.7 | |
| 2005 | 53,517.1 | |
| 2004 | 52,252.7 | |
| 2003 | 52,256.5 | |
| 2002 | 52,054.4 | |
| 2001 | 55,949.1 | |
| 2000 | 53,391.4 | |
| 1999 | 49,465.8 | |
| 1998 | 46,416.3 | |
| 1997 | 44,208.4 | |
| 1996 | 42,576.4 | |
| 1995 | 39,833.4 | |
| 1994 | 38,766.9 | |
| 1993 | 36,786.8 | |
| 1991 | 40,063 | |
| 1989 | 40,065 | |
| 1988 | 36,770 | |
| 1987 | 36,727 | |
| 1986 | 36,203 | |
| 1985 | 34,859 | |
| 1984 | 33,390 | |
| 1983 | 33,032 | |
| 1982 | 33,042 | |
| 1981 | 32,531 |
Source
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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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