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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, Head count
17,231Head count · 2024+169.9% 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 (Head count). Annual figures for Bulgaria from 1980 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17,231 | |
| 2023 | 16,135 | |
| 2022 | 18,408 | |
| 2021 | 16,057 | |
| 2020 | 16,589 | |
| 2019 | 16,529 | |
| 2018 | 15,949 | |
| 2017 | 13,114 | |
| 2016 | 13,565 | |
| 2015 | 11,356 | |
| 2014 | 6,384 | |
| 2013 | 4,541 | |
| 2012 | 3,533 | |
| 2011 | 2,970 | |
| 2010 | 3,316 | |
| 2009 | 4,007 | |
| 2008 | 3,397 | |
| 2007 | 3,090 | |
| 2006 | 2,960 | |
| 2005 | 2,305 | |
| 2004 | 2,544 | |
| 2003 | 2,398 | |
| 2002 | 1,866 | |
| 2001 | 1,972 | |
| 2000 | 2,273 | |
| 1999 | 2,806 | |
| 1998 | 3,751 | |
| 1997 | 3,909 | |
| 1996 | 4,155 | |
| 1995 | 4,423 | |
| 1994 | 5,055 | |
| 1993 | 11,196 | |
| 1992 | 16,370 | |
| 1991 | 34,473 | |
| 1990 | 60,005 | |
| 1989 | 62,800 | |
| 1988 | 58,966 | |
| 1987 | 54,954 | |
| 1986 | 51,646 | |
| 1985 | 60,987 | |
| 1984 | 59,662 | |
| 1983 | 57,083 | |
| 1982 | 56,138 | |
| 1981 | 54,390 | |
| 1980 | 48,337 |
Source
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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, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-bes-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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