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Italy: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
47,719Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+23.9% 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 Italy from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47,719 | |
| 2023 | 45,209 | |
| 2022 | 42,593 | |
| 2021 | 41,919 | |
| 2020 | 40,897.9 | |
| 2019 | 39,972.5 | |
| 2018 | 39,495.3 | |
| 2017 | 38,756 | |
| 2016 | 38,489.8 | |
| 2015 | 38,669.3 | |
| 2014 | 38,506.3 | |
| 2013 | 39,023.2 | |
| 2012 | 37,850.9 | |
| 2011 | 36,152.6 | |
| 2010 | 34,664.8 | |
| 2009 | 33,763.7 | |
| 2008 | 34,076.1 | |
| 2007 | 35,473.9 | |
| 2006 | 36,164.8 | |
| 2005 | 32,684 | |
| 2004 | 32,401 | |
| 2003 | 31,463 | |
| 2002 | 30,922 | |
| 2001 | 29,765 | |
| 2000 | 31,231 | |
| 1999 | 30,835 | |
| 1998 | 31,999 | |
| 1997 | 31,292 | |
| 1996 | 32,225 | |
| 1995 | 33,039 | |
| 1994 | 32,768 | |
| 1993 | 33,164 | |
| 1992 | 32,868 | |
| 1991 | 32,567 | |
| 1990 | 33,109 | |
| 1989 | 31,510 | |
| 1988 | 30,947 | |
| 1987 | 27,754 | |
| 1986 | 25,501 | |
| 1985 | 24,643 | |
| 1984 | 23,771 | |
| 1983 | 21,871 | |
| 1982 | 21,036 | |
| 1981 | 20,343 |
Source
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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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