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Italy: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count
260,593Head count · 2024+47.6% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector (Head count). Annual figures for Italy from 1985 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 260,593 | |
| 2023 | 291,014 | |
| 2022 | 286,424 | |
| 2021 | 290,750 | |
| 2020 | 316,133 | |
| 2019 | 338,939 | |
| 2018 | 326,329 | |
| 2017 | 283,066 | |
| 2016 | 234,902 | |
| 2015 | 189,920 | |
| 2014 | 176,527 | |
| 2013 | 171,128 | |
| 2012 | 162,023 | |
| 2011 | 151,546 | |
| 2010 | 153,355 | |
| 2009 | 150,193 | |
| 2008 | 146,492 | |
| 2007 | 129,341 | |
| 2006 | 105,357 | |
| 2005 | 86,609 | |
| 2004 | 81,822 | |
| 2003 | 81,189 | |
| 2002 | 85,687 | |
| 2001 | 77,842 | |
| 2000 | 76,084 | |
| 1999 | 68,640 | |
| 1998 | 70,948 | |
| 1997 | 68,453 | |
| 1996 | 68,321 | |
| 1995 | 67,885 | |
| 1994 | 70,402 | |
| 1993 | 68,147 | |
| 1992 | 69,326 | |
| 1991 | 71,724 | |
| 1990 | 73,659 | |
| 1989 | 72,008 | |
| 1988 | 67,639 | |
| 1987 | 63,418 | |
| 1986 | 63,558 | |
| 1985 | 62,363 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-bes-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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