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France: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)

143,810Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+28.7% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for France from 1981 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Full-time equivalent (FTE))Note
2024143,810
2023139,976
2022136,526
2021133,361
2020129,998
2019120,972.7
2018119,932
2017119,788
2016119,367
2015117,794.3
2014111,700.2
2013109,883
2012108,794
2011107,890.7
2010106,584.7
2009105,048.1
2008104,961.2
2007102,615.5
2006101,073.1
200598,742.8
200497,036.3
200395,234.2
200294,198
200191,944
200090,051
199983,254
199882,177
199779,926
199681,538
199580,678
199478,132
199374,876
199272,625
199166,079
199063,502
198963,262
198862,218
198759,376
198659,528
198559,061
198458,537
198357,216
198255,865
198155,200

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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-hes-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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