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Italy: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Researchers, Total, Total, Head count

237,529Head count · 2024+41.3% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Researchers (Head count). Annual figures for Italy from 1997 to 2024.

19972024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2024237,529
2023229,079
2022225,254
2021217,582
2020217,052
2019222,165
2018210,419
2017195,560
2016185,916
2015174,327
2014168,074
2013163,925
2012157,960
2011151,597
2010149,807
2009149,314
2008145,594
2007141,878
2006137,163
2005125,534
2004110,595
2003107,454
2002108,882
2001100,442
2000100,171
199998,624
199898,459
199799,571

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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Researchers, Total, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-rse-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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