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France: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
53,208Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+6.9% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for France from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53,208 | |
| 2023 | 51,854 | |
| 2022 | 51,030 | |
| 2021 | 50,727 | |
| 2020 | 48,940 | |
| 2019 | 49,378.2 | |
| 2018 | 49,261 | |
| 2017 | 49,195 | |
| 2016 | 49,409 | |
| 2015 | 49,412.8 | |
| 2014 | 49,762.2 | |
| 2013 | 49,980 | |
| 2012 | 49,903 | |
| 2011 | 49,684.7 | |
| 2010 | 49,924.9 | |
| 2009 | 53,147.9 | |
| 2008 | 52,055 | |
| 2007 | 50,937 | |
| 2006 | 50,735 | |
| 2005 | 49,645.5 | |
| 2004 | 48,160.3 | |
| 2003 | 47,601.2 | |
| 2002 | 47,745.2 | |
| 2001 | 49,380 | |
| 2000 | 53,388 | |
| 1999 | 53,452 | |
| 1998 | 52,082 | |
| 1997 | 52,693 | |
| 1996 | 69,184 | |
| 1995 | 68,539 | |
| 1994 | 68,082 | |
| 1993 | 67,958 | |
| 1992 | 67,934 | |
| 1991 | 71,505 | |
| 1990 | 70,962 | |
| 1989 | 70,856 | |
| 1988 | 70,341 | |
| 1987 | 70,458 | |
| 1986 | 69,311 | |
| 1985 | 68,701 | |
| 1984 | 68,783 | |
| 1983 | 67,142 | |
| 1982 | 66,446 | |
| 1981 | 61,660 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-gov-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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