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Bulgaria: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count
8646Head count · 2024-5.2% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector (Head count). Annual figures for Bulgaria from 1980 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8,646 | |
| 2023 | 8,673 | |
| 2022 | 8,846 | |
| 2021 | 8,733 | |
| 2020 | 8,787 | |
| 2019 | 8,882 | |
| 2018 | 8,719 | |
| 2017 | 8,577 | |
| 2016 | 8,644 | |
| 2015 | 8,713 | |
| 2014 | 9,125 | |
| 2013 | 9,227 | |
| 2012 | 9,582 | |
| 2011 | 9,437 | |
| 2010 | 9,667 | |
| 2009 | 9,835 | |
| 2008 | 10,165 | |
| 2007 | 10,691 | |
| 2006 | 10,912 | |
| 2005 | 10,893 | |
| 2004 | 11,053 | |
| 2003 | 10,977 | |
| 2002 | 11,039 | |
| 2001 | 10,974 | |
| 2000 | 11,353 | |
| 1999 | 11,544 | |
| 1998 | 13,409 | |
| 1997 | 12,990 | |
| 1996 | 16,695 | |
| 1995 | 14,974 | |
| 1994 | 15,262 | |
| 1993 | 19,863 | |
| 1992 | 19,359 | |
| 1991 | 35,539 | |
| 1990 | 34,993 | |
| 1989 | 30,179 | |
| 1988 | 27,743 | |
| 1987 | 28,128 | |
| 1986 | 26,623 | |
| 1985 | 16,904 | |
| 1984 | 15,846 | |
| 1983 | 14,874 | |
| 1982 | 14,549 | |
| 1981 | 13,320 | |
| 1980 | 13,116 |
Source
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-gov-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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