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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, Head count
36,401Head count · 2024+42.8% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex (Head count). Annual figures for Bulgaria from 1980 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36,401 | |
| 2023 | 35,179 | |
| 2022 | 37,056 | |
| 2021 | 34,613 | |
| 2020 | 35,087 | |
| 2019 | 34,986 | |
| 2018 | 34,610 | |
| 2017 | 31,221 | |
| 2016 | 32,306 | |
| 2015 | 29,591 | |
| 2014 | 25,484 | |
| 2013 | 22,307 | |
| 2012 | 21,677 | |
| 2011 | 20,810 | |
| 2010 | 20,823 | |
| 2009 | 21,971 | |
| 2008 | 20,097 | |
| 2007 | 19,933 | |
| 2006 | 18,994 | |
| 2005 | 18,638 | |
| 2004 | 18,025 | |
| 2003 | 17,400 | |
| 2002 | 16,847 | |
| 2001 | 16,671 | |
| 2000 | 16,853 | |
| 1999 | 18,451 | |
| 1998 | 21,766 | |
| 1997 | 21,908 | |
| 1996 | 31,942 | |
| 1995 | 30,663 | |
| 1994 | 31,924 | |
| 1993 | 54,324 | |
| 1992 | 57,655 | |
| 1991 | 88,733 | |
| 1990 | 112,158 | |
| 1989 | 107,301 | |
| 1988 | 100,731 | |
| 1987 | 96,471 | |
| 1986 | 91,168 | |
| 1985 | 90,308 | |
| 1984 | 87,329 | |
| 1983 | 83,291 | |
| 1982 | 81,207 | |
| 1981 | 78,477 | |
| 1980 | 72,335 |
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, Total, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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