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

529,190Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+26.9% since 2014

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

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Full-time equivalent (FTE))Note
2024529,190
2023513,230
2022501,374
2021496,250
2020474,150
2019461,891.4
2018453,387
2017442,222
2016432,245
2015426,428.2
2014417,128.9
2013418,141
2012411,780
2011402,491.7
2010397,756.3
2009390,213.5
2008382,652.8
2007375,235.4
2006365,814
2005349,681.3
2004352,003.3
2003342,307
2002339,847.2
2001333,518
2000327,466
1999314,452
1998309,161.3
1997306,177.9
1996320,805
1995318,384.2
1994315,159
1993314,170
1992311,234
1991299,201
1990292,964
1989289,282
1988283,099
1987277,921
1986274,301
1985273,014
1984269,890
1983261,183
1982258,937
1981249,000

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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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