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Bulgaria: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Females, Total, Head count
17,846Head count · 2024+39.8% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Females (Head count). Annual figures for Bulgaria from 1987 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17,846 | |
| 2023 | 17,474 | |
| 2022 | 17,669 | |
| 2021 | 16,779 | |
| 2020 | 16,557 | |
| 2019 | 16,424 | |
| 2018 | 16,123 | |
| 2017 | 15,031 | |
| 2016 | 15,418 | |
| 2015 | 14,167 | |
| 2014 | 12,762 | |
| 2013 | 11,480 | |
| 2012 | 11,211 | |
| 2011 | 10,834 | |
| 2010 | 10,776 | |
| 2009 | 11,248 | |
| 2008 | 10,104 | |
| 2007 | 10,128 | |
| 2006 | 9,539 | |
| 2005 | 9,569 | |
| 2004 | 9,337 | |
| 2003 | 9,155 | |
| 2002 | 8,966 | |
| 2001 | 8,698 | |
| 2000 | 8,906 | |
| 1999 | 9,638 | |
| 1998 | 11,436 | |
| 1997 | 11,736 | |
| 1996 | 16,924 | |
| 1995 | 16,510 | |
| 1994 | 16,848 | |
| 1993 | 28,968 | |
| 1992 | 29,523 | |
| 1991 | 44,320 | |
| 1990 | 56,416 | |
| 1989 | 47,313 | |
| 1988 | 44,344 | |
| 1987 | 46,485 |
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, Females, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-total-f-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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