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

172,194Head count · 2024+28.3% since 2014

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 Italy from 1985 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2024172,194
2023153,802
2022146,518
2021141,721
2020137,710
2019139,999
2018137,426
2017137,339
2016138,208
2015138,152
2014134,203
2013141,580
2012145,066
2011140,874
2010140,573
2009148,055
2008147,615
2007145,417
2006139,217
2005136,618
2004123,266
2003120,736
2002122,358
2001119,362
2000111,147
1999105,815
1998107,008
199675,442
199574,942
199472,735
199371,860
199271,106
199168,983
199066,669
198967,256
198865,689
198763,908
198658,102
198555,280

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Published by Eurostat, produced by Eurostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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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 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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