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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, Head count
64,889Head count · 2024+26.4% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector (Head count). Annual figures for Italy from 1985 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64,889 | |
| 2023 | 62,404 | |
| 2022 | 58,520 | |
| 2021 | 57,415 | |
| 2020 | 56,307 | |
| 2019 | 54,526 | |
| 2018 | 54,284 | |
| 2017 | 53,224 | |
| 2016 | 52,874 | |
| 2015 | 51,952 | |
| 2014 | 51,330 | |
| 2013 | 51,274 | |
| 2012 | 49,093 | |
| 2011 | 46,587 | |
| 2010 | 45,333 | |
| 2009 | 45,776 | |
| 2008 | 48,356 | |
| 2007 | 48,878 | |
| 2006 | 50,520 | |
| 2005 | 45,552 | |
| 2004 | 44,061 | |
| 2003 | 42,610 | |
| 2002 | 39,343 | |
| 2001 | 38,873 | |
| 2000 | 41,471 | |
| 1999 | 41,107 | |
| 1998 | 43,128 | |
| 1997 | 40,435 | |
| 1996 | 41,878 | |
| 1995 | 40,985 | |
| 1994 | 40,713 | |
| 1993 | 39,550 | |
| 1992 | 39,308 | |
| 1991 | 39,193 | |
| 1990 | 39,650 | |
| 1989 | 37,385 | |
| 1988 | 36,675 | |
| 1987 | 33,108 | |
| 1986 | 30,888 | |
| 1985 | 29,333 |
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, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-gov-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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