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Ireland: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1479Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+79.1% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Ireland from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,479 | |
| 2023 | 1,415 | |
| 2022 | 1,369 | |
| 2021 | 1,262 | |
| 2020 | 1,192 | |
| 2019 | 1,194 | |
| 2018 | 1,196 | |
| 2017 | 1,051 | |
| 2016 | 992.8 | |
| 2015 | 951 | |
| 2014 | 826 | |
| 2013 | 818 | |
| 2012 | 921 | |
| 2011 | 1,034 | |
| 2010 | 1,027 | |
| 2009 | 1,048 | |
| 2008 | 1,122 | |
| 2007 | 1,201 | |
| 2006 | 1,185 | |
| 2005 | 1,132 | |
| 2004 | 1,222 | |
| 2003 | 1,161 | |
| 2002 | 1,200 | |
| 2001 | 1,300 | |
| 2000 | 1,436 | |
| 1999 | 884 | |
| 1998 | 941 | |
| 1997 | 938 | |
| 1996 | 945 | |
| 1995 | 959 | |
| 1994 | 942 | |
| 1993 | 927 | |
| 1992 | 927 | |
| 1991 | 1,004 | |
| 1990 | 1,013 | |
| 1989 | 1,038 | |
| 1988 | 1,079 | |
| 1987 | 1,396 | |
| 1986 | 1,716 | |
| 1985 | 1,855 | |
| 1984 | 1,993 | |
| 1983 | 2,126 | |
| 1982 | 2,214 | |
| 1981 | 2,377 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-gov-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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