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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, Head count

504,952Head count · 2024+41.7% since 2012

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Researchers (Head count). Annual figures for France from 1992 to 2024.

19922024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2024504,952
2023483,383
2022475,576
2021467,519
2020460,792
2018429,959
2017416,217
2016396,594
2014369,999
2013366,299
2012356,445
2011338,470
2010324,551
2009296,093
2008289,041
2007278,480
2006268,944
2005251,599
2004249,533
2003240,186
2002231,816
2001217,173
2000211,365
1998198,484
1997197,032
1996190,904
1995189,000
1994186,387
1993181,181
1992177,634

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Published by Eurostat, produced by Eurostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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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, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-rse-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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