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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.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 143,810 | |
| 2023 | 139,976 | |
| 2022 | 136,526 | |
| 2021 | 133,361 | |
| 2020 | 129,998 | |
| 2019 | 120,972.7 | |
| 2018 | 119,932 | |
| 2017 | 119,788 | |
| 2016 | 119,367 | |
| 2015 | 117,794.3 | |
| 2014 | 111,700.2 | |
| 2013 | 109,883 | |
| 2012 | 108,794 | |
| 2011 | 107,890.7 | |
| 2010 | 106,584.7 | |
| 2009 | 105,048.1 | |
| 2008 | 104,961.2 | |
| 2007 | 102,615.5 | |
| 2006 | 101,073.1 | |
| 2005 | 98,742.8 | |
| 2004 | 97,036.3 | |
| 2003 | 95,234.2 | |
| 2002 | 94,198 | |
| 2001 | 91,944 | |
| 2000 | 90,051 | |
| 1999 | 83,254 | |
| 1998 | 82,177 | |
| 1997 | 79,926 | |
| 1996 | 81,538 | |
| 1995 | 80,678 | |
| 1994 | 78,132 | |
| 1993 | 74,876 | |
| 1992 | 72,625 | |
| 1991 | 66,079 | |
| 1990 | 63,502 | |
| 1989 | 63,262 | |
| 1988 | 62,218 | |
| 1987 | 59,376 | |
| 1986 | 59,528 | |
| 1985 | 59,061 | |
| 1984 | 58,537 | |
| 1983 | 57,216 | |
| 1982 | 55,865 | |
| 1981 | 55,200 |
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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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