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Bulgaria: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
14,343Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+164.1% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Bulgaria from 1993 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14,343 | |
| 2023 | 13,227 | |
| 2022 | 14,762 | |
| 2021 | 13,056 | |
| 2020 | 13,663 | |
| 2019 | 13,826 | |
| 2018 | 13,110 | |
| 2017 | 10,735 | |
| 2016 | 11,253 | |
| 2015 | 9,480 | |
| 2014 | 5,431 | |
| 2013 | 3,853 | |
| 2012 | 3,007 | |
| 2011 | 2,439 | |
| 2010 | 2,778 | |
| 2009 | 3,335 | |
| 2008 | 2,851 | |
| 2007 | 2,422 | |
| 2006 | 2,463 | |
| 2005 | 2,062 | |
| 2004 | 2,158 | |
| 2003 | 2,091 | |
| 2002 | 1,671 | |
| 2001 | 1,882 | |
| 2000 | 2,137 | |
| 1999 | 2,443 | |
| 1998 | 3,402 | |
| 1997 | 3,322 | |
| 1996 | 3,700 | |
| 1995 | 4,009 | |
| 1994 | 4,278 | |
| 1993 | 9,684 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-bes-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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