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France: Share of R&D personnel and researchers in total active population and employment by sector of performance and sex: Total, Total, All sectors, Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in full-time equivalent (FTE)

1.72Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+21.1% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perslf. Share of R&D personnel and researchers in total active population and employment by sector of performance and sex (Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for France from 2003 to 2024.

20032024

Every year

Year	Value (Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in full-time equivalent (FTE))	Note
2024	1.72
2023	1.7
2022	1.67
2021	1.68
2020	1.62
2019	1.57
2018	1.53
2017	1.5
2016	1.47
2015	1.45
2014	1.42
2013	1.42
2012	1.41
2011	1.39
2010	1.37
2009	1.35
2008	1.33
2007	1.32
2006	1.29
2005	1.24
2004	1.26
2003	1.24

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Eurostat (2026). Share of R&D personnel and researchers in total active population and employment by sector of performance and sex: Total, Total, All sectors, Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perslf-t-total-total-pc-act-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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