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Bulgaria: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Researchers, Total, Total, Head count

25,103Head count · 2024+41.1% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Researchers (Head count). Annual figures for Bulgaria from 1980 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
202425,103
202323,489
202224,350
202123,234
202023,228
201923,171
201822,792
201720,971
201621,081
201519,338
201417,795
201316,095
201215,219
201114,794
201014,138
200914,699
200813,416
200713,090
200612,033
200511,920
200411,377
200310,876
200210,445
200110,446
200010,527
199912,335
199814,045
199714,573
199618,579
199517,523
199418,497
199337,179
199237,825
199149,705
199052,597
198950,932
198849,703
198750,585
198646,329
198548,008
198445,125
198343,462
198242,756
198141,378
198038,706

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

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