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

371,343Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+38.9% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Full-time equivalent (FTE))Note
2024371,343
2023356,378
2022342,900
2021333,800
2020321,398
2019313,373.7
2018305,438.6
2017296,324.3
2016285,488
2015279,470
2014267,307.5
2013266,222
2012258,913
2011249,246.6
2010243,533.2
2009234,366
2008227,678.5
2007221,851
2006210,591.1
2005202,506.8
2004202,377.2
2003192,789.9
2002186,420
2001177,372
2000172,070
1999160,424
1998155,727
1997154,742.4
1996154,827
1995151,248.9
1994149,193
1993145,898
1992141,710
1991129,780
1990123,938
1989120,430
1988115,163
1987109,359
1986104,953
1985102,253
198498,210
198392,682
198290,076
198185,500

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

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