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Japan: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count

728,067Head count · 2020+4.5% since 2010

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector (Head count). Annual figures for Japan from 2001 to 2020.

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Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2020728,067
2019721,534
2018713,299
2017706,816
2016692,609
2015699,639
2014708,218
2013666,004
2012661,991
2011679,332
2010696,973
2009694,158
2008707,692
2007710,497
2006703,610
2005683,705
2004659,343
2003653,380
2002609,694
2001629,487

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

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