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Italy: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
108,592Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+44.3% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Italy from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 108,592 | |
| 2023 | 95,559 | |
| 2022 | 89,735 | |
| 2021 | 86,014 | |
| 2020 | 82,670.6 | |
| 2019 | 83,776.1 | |
| 2018 | 81,233.4 | |
| 2017 | 80,357.9 | |
| 2016 | 80,226.4 | |
| 2015 | 76,857.8 | |
| 2014 | 75,235 | |
| 2013 | 76,985.8 | |
| 2012 | 76,207.4 | |
| 2011 | 73,722.9 | |
| 2010 | 72,298.6 | |
| 2009 | 74,949.3 | |
| 2008 | 72,473.5 | |
| 2007 | 71,062.5 | |
| 2006 | 67,688.3 | |
| 2005 | 66,975.7 | |
| 2004 | 60,694 | |
| 2003 | 59,406 | |
| 2002 | 60,287 | |
| 2001 | 58,869 | |
| 2000 | 54,837 | |
| 1999 | 52,025 | |
| 1998 | 52,852 | |
| 1997 | 49,031 | |
| 1996 | 49,148 | |
| 1995 | 48,427 | |
| 1994 | 47,950 | |
| 1993 | 47,014 | |
| 1992 | 46,529 | |
| 1991 | 45,593 | |
| 1990 | 44,312 | |
| 1989 | 44,042 | |
| 1988 | 43,069 | |
| 1987 | 42,943 | |
| 1986 | 39,136 | |
| 1985 | 37,022 | |
| 1984 | 36,242 | |
| 1983 | 39,368 | |
| 1982 | 34,991 | |
| 1981 | 32,125 |
Source
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-hes-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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