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

838,688Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+38.6% 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 Germany from 1981 to 2024.

19812024

Every year

YearValue (Full-time equivalent (FTE))Note
2024838,688
2023824,396
2022785,420
2021753,940
2020733,831
2019735,584.4
2018707,703.7
2017686,348.6
2016657,893.9
2015640,515.8
2014605,252.5
2013588,615
2012591,260.8
2011575,099.5
2010548,722.8
2009534,974.9
2008523,504.7
2007506,450
2006487,935
2005475,278
2004470,729
2003472,533
2002480,004
2001480,606
2000484,734
1999479,599
1998461,539
1997460,411
1996453,679
1995459,138
1993475,157
1992487,695
1991516,331
1990431,100
1989426,447
1988422,500
1987419,205
1985390,911
1983361,888
1981352,079

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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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