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Denmark: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
45,135Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+27.4% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Denmark from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45,135 | |
| 2023 | 43,014.1 | |
| 2022 | 41,984 | |
| 2021 | 36,818 | |
| 2020 | 37,277 | |
| 2019 | 37,593 | |
| 2018 | 35,443 | |
| 2017 | 36,035 | |
| 2016 | 38,780 | |
| 2015 | 36,898 | |
| 2014 | 35,431 | |
| 2013 | 34,985 | |
| 2012 | 35,899.1 | |
| 2011 | 36,886 | |
| 2010 | 36,323.8 | |
| 2009 | 37,366 | |
| 2008 | 41,041.5 | |
| 2007 | 31,168 | |
| 2006 | 29,238.3 | |
| 2005 | 28,359.1 | |
| 2004 | 28,040.2 | |
| 2003 | 27,230.4 | |
| 2002 | 28,481 | |
| 2001 | 25,849 | |
| 2000 | 23,725 | |
| 1999 | 21,824 | |
| 1998 | 21,198 | |
| 1997 | 20,037 | |
| 1996 | 18,615 | |
| 1995 | 17,194 | |
| 1993 | 15,971 | |
| 1992 | 15,607 | |
| 1991 | 15,242 | |
| 1990 | 14,605 | |
| 1989 | 13,969 | |
| 1988 | 13,222 | |
| 1987 | 12,474 | |
| 1986 | 11,703 | |
| 1985 | 10,932 | |
| 1984 | 10,430 | |
| 1983 | 9,928 | |
| 1982 | 9,404 | |
| 1981 | 8,880 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-bes-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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