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France: 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)

322,528Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+30.0% 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 France from 1981 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Full-time equivalent (FTE))Note
2024322,528
2023311,701
2022303,204
2021302,380
2020286,320
2019283,544.9
2018276,547
2017265,701
2016255,805
2015251,914.6
2014248,041
2013251,446
2012246,438
2011239,111.4
2010235,587.8
2009225,890.8
2008220,016.2
2007215,891.2
2006207,874.8
2005194,991.5
2004200,512.2
2003193,255.6
2002191,217
2001185,468
2000177,688
1999171,564
1998167,765.3
1997166,309.9
1996162,590
1995162,042.2
1994161,955
1993164,384
1992164,378
1991156,301
1990153,161
1989149,822
1988145,398
1987143,365
1986140,811
1985140,458
1984137,848
1983132,200
1982132,228
1981127,640

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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 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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