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Japan: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
62,089Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2020+0.4% since 2010
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Japan from 1980 to 2020.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 62,089 | |
| 2019 | 61,717 | |
| 2018 | 62,470 | |
| 2017 | 62,046 | |
| 2016 | 61,615 | |
| 2015 | 60,299 | |
| 2014 | 61,585 | |
| 2013 | 61,486 | |
| 2012 | 62,752 | |
| 2011 | 62,833 | |
| 2010 | 61,830 | |
| 2009 | 63,045 | |
| 2008 | 61,901 | |
| 2007 | 63,162 | |
| 2006 | 63,196 | |
| 2005 | 62,975 | |
| 2004 | 61,769 | |
| 2003 | 61,893 | |
| 2002 | 63,906 | |
| 2001 | 62,768 | |
| 2000 | 59,254 | |
| 1999 | 59,025 | |
| 1998 | 58,762 | |
| 1997 | 56,554 | |
| 1996 | 56,176 | |
| 1995 | 55,990 | |
| 1994 | 55,633 | |
| 1993 | 56,015 | |
| 1992 | 55,376 | |
| 1991 | 55,015 | |
| 1990 | 54,729 | |
| 1989 | 54,398 | |
| 1988 | 54,253 | |
| 1987 | 53,727 | |
| 1986 | 53,637 | |
| 1985 | 53,538 | |
| 1984 | 53,780 | |
| 1983 | 54,040 | |
| 1982 | 53,929 | |
| 1981 | 54,089 | |
| 1980 | 53,724 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-gov-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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