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Italy: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Total, Total, Business enterprise sector, Head count

260,593Head count · 2024+47.6% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_persreg. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Business enterprise sector (Head count). Annual figures for Italy from 1985 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2024260,593
2023291,014
2022286,424
2021290,750
2020316,133
2019338,939
2018326,329
2017283,066
2016234,902
2015189,920
2014176,527
2013171,128
2012162,023
2011151,546
2010153,355
2009150,193
2008146,492
2007129,341
2006105,357
200586,609
200481,822
200381,189
200285,687
200177,842
200076,084
199968,640
199870,948
199768,453
199668,321
199567,885
199470,402
199368,147
199269,326
199171,724
199073,659
198972,008
198867,639
198763,418
198663,558
198562,363

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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Total, Total, Business enterprise sector, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-persreg-total-t-bes-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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