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Ireland: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Researchers, Total, Total, Head count
43,645Head count · 2023+107.4% since 2008
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 Ireland from 2002 to 2023.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 43,645 | |
| 2021 | 36,541 | |
| 2019 | 36,242 | |
| 2017 | 34,721 | |
| 2015 | 30,612 | |
| 2013 | 32,084 | |
| 2012 | 17,895 | |
| 2011 | 22,358 | |
| 2010 | 20,801 | |
| 2009 | 20,901 | |
| 2008 | 21,040 | |
| 2007 | 19,407 | |
| 2006 | 18,567 | |
| 2005 | 17,653 | |
| 2004 | 16,641 | |
| 2003 | 15,877 | |
| 2002 | 15,512 |
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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 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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