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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, Head count
74,124Head 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: Government sector (Head count). Annual figures for Japan from 2001 to 2020.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 74,124 | |
| 2019 | 73,971 | |
| 2018 | 73,265 | |
| 2017 | 73,020 | |
| 2016 | 72,077 | |
| 2015 | 71,278 | |
| 2014 | 70,454 | |
| 2013 | 69,925 | |
| 2012 | 70,643 | |
| 2011 | 70,682 | |
| 2010 | 70,941 | |
| 2009 | 71,945 | |
| 2008 | 70,653 | |
| 2007 | 71,672 | |
| 2006 | 72,329 | |
| 2005 | 72,499 | |
| 2004 | 72,388 | |
| 2003 | 72,367 | |
| 2002 | 70,342 | |
| 2001 | 68,887 |
Source
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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, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-gov-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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