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

412,809Head count · 2020+10.0% since 2010

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector (Head count). Annual figures for Japan from 1990 to 2020.

19902020

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2020412,809
2019410,735
2018406,787
2017402,870
2016398,821
2015393,601
2014393,086
2013388,831
2012384,397
2011380,044
2010375,160
2009369,714
2008364,244
2007358,249
2006355,687
2005349,034
2004345,274
2003335,983
2002331,499
2001330,654
2000308,525
1999308,156
1998304,992
1997301,357
1996295,816
1995290,549
1994284,243
1993279,046
1992271,509
1991264,055
1990259,417

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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-hes-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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