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Japan: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Researchers, Total, All sectors, Head count

1.00MHead count · 2024+8.2% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_persreg. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Researchers (Head count). Annual figures for Japan from 2001 to 2024.

20012024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
20241,003,109
2023989,223
20221,003,883
2021983,604
2020951,726
2019942,180
2018935,658
2017930,720
2016917,725
2015907,455
2014926,671
2013892,406
2012887,067
2011892,684
2010894,138
2009889,341
2008890,669
2007883,386
2006874,690
2005861,901
2004830,474
2003830,545
2002791,224
2001792,699

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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, sex and NUTS 2 region: Researchers, Total, All sectors, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-persreg-rse-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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