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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, Head count

426,230Head count · 2024+26.9% since 2012

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector (Head count). Annual figures for France from 1989 to 2024.

19892024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2024426,230
2023412,151
2022410,796
2021413,661
2020412,073
2018392,540
2017382,558
2016362,370
2014342,280
2013342,091
2012335,822
2011314,514
2010296,980
2009253,487
2008243,530
2007230,294
2006229,735
2005204,762
2004210,231
2003203,264
2002200,961
2001195,243
2000187,411
1998184,279
1997184,167
1996178,783
1995179,244
1994177,941
1993178,484
1992180,842
1991174,075
1990168,982
1989166,576

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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, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-bes-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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