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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, Head count
56,214Head count · 2024+8.7% since 2012
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector (Head count). Annual figures for France from 1989 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 56,214 | |
| 2023 | 55,260 | |
| 2022 | 54,425 | |
| 2021 | 53,776 | |
| 2020 | 52,194 | |
| 2018 | 52,327 | |
| 2017 | 51,754 | |
| 2016 | 52,280 | |
| 2014 | 51,564 | |
| 2013 | 51,764 | |
| 2012 | 51,716 | |
| 2011 | 52,141 | |
| 2010 | 52,081 | |
| 2009 | 56,152 | |
| 2008 | 55,109 | |
| 2007 | 54,117 | |
| 2006 | 53,505 | |
| 2005 | 56,347 | |
| 2004 | 51,284 | |
| 2003 | 50,690 | |
| 2002 | 50,587 | |
| 2001 | 48,887 | |
| 2000 | 50,808 | |
| 1998 | 50,364 | |
| 1997 | 51,594 | |
| 1996 | 65,683 | |
| 1995 | 64,574 | |
| 1994 | 64,358 | |
| 1993 | 64,173 | |
| 1992 | 63,847 | |
| 1991 | 68,916 | |
| 1990 | 68,589 | |
| 1989 | 69,401 |
Source
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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, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-gov-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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