Eurostat · Science
Germany: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Total, Total, Higher education sector, Head count
386,294Head count · 2023+19.4% since 2012
Eurostat table rd_p_persreg. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Higher education sector (Head count). Annual figures for Germany from 2003 to 2023.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 386,294 | |
| 2021 | 381,689 | |
| 2020 | 372,986 | |
| 2019 | 364,216 | |
| 2018 | 359,808 | |
| 2017 | 352,264 | |
| 2016 | 345,145 | |
| 2015 | 343,660 | |
| 2014 | 340,112 | |
| 2013 | 335,928 | |
| 2012 | 323,394 | |
| 2011 | 312,537 | |
| 2010 | 303,257 | |
| 2009 | 290,793 | |
| 2008 | 271,627 | |
| 2007 | 261,478 | |
| 2006 | 252,761 | |
| 2005 | 244,050 | |
| 2004 | 242,128 | |
| 2003 | 246,751 |
Source
Published by Eurostat, produced by Eurostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →
Cite or download
Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Total, Total, Higher education sector, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-persreg-total-t-hes-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Total, Total, Higher education sector, Head count in other countries
- Albania
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea, Republic of
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Rank Germany against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.