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Bulgaria: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
26,472Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+36.9% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Bulgaria from 1993 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26,472 | |
| 2023 | 25,410 | |
| 2022 | 27,090 | |
| 2021 | 25,122 | |
| 2020 | 26,085 | |
| 2019 | 26,399 | |
| 2018 | 25,809 | |
| 2017 | 23,290 | |
| 2016 | 25,060 | |
| 2015 | 22,492 | |
| 2014 | 19,335 | |
| 2013 | 17,545 | |
| 2012 | 16,758 | |
| 2011 | 16,986 | |
| 2010 | 16,574 | |
| 2009 | 18,230 | |
| 2008 | 17,219 | |
| 2007 | 16,940 | |
| 2006 | 16,321 | |
| 2005 | 15,853 | |
| 2004 | 15,647 | |
| 2003 | 15,453 | |
| 2002 | 15,029 | |
| 2001 | 14,949 | |
| 2000 | 15,259 | |
| 1999 | 16,087 | |
| 1998 | 19,116 | |
| 1997 | 18,625 | |
| 1996 | 26,158 | |
| 1995 | 25,055 | |
| 1994 | 23,729 | |
| 1993 | 41,606 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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