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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, Head count

509,542Head count · 2024+37.3% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex (Head count). Annual figures for Italy from 1985 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2024509,542
2023518,829
2022503,029
2021500,994
2020520,750
2019544,094
2018526,620
2017482,703
2016435,283
2015389,604
2014371,117
2013372,444
2012364,315
2011347,005
2010348,215
2009354,513
2008353,267
2007334,503
2006306,088
2005277,370
2004255,535
2003249,889
2002253,084
2001236,077
2000228,702
1999215,562
1998221,084
1996185,641
1995183,812
1994183,850
1993179,557
1992179,740
1991179,900
1990179,978
1989176,649
1988170,003
1987160,434
1986152,548
1985146,976

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Published by Eurostat, produced by Eurostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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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, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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