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Italy: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)

352,333Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+41.2% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Italy from 1981 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Full-time equivalent (FTE))Note
2024352,333
2023348,065
2022338,133
2021333,103
2020342,286.2
2019355,853.9
2018345,624.6
2017317,628.3
2016290,039.5
2015259,166.6
2014249,466.8
2013246,764
2012240,179.2
2011228,094
2010225,631.6
2009226,526.6
2008221,115
2007208,376.2
2006192,002.4
2005175,247.6
2004164,026.3
2003161,827.8
2002164,023
2001153,905
2000150,066
1999142,506
1998145,968
1997141,737
1996142,288
1995141,789
1994143,823
1993142,171
1992142,855
1991143,641
1990144,917
1989140,496
1988135,665
1987128,175
1986122,352
1985117,887
1984112,884
1983112,743
1982105,927
1981102,836

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

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