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Japan: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Private non-profit sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
12,708Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2020-2.3% since 2010
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Private non-profit sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Japan from 1980 to 2020.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 12,708 | |
| 2019 | 12,988 | |
| 2018 | 12,831 | |
| 2017 | 13,084 | |
| 2016 | 13,449 | |
| 2015 | 13,952 | |
| 2014 | 13,572 | |
| 2013 | 12,416 | |
| 2012 | 12,295 | |
| 2011 | 12,475 | |
| 2010 | 13,002 | |
| 2009 | 13,457 | |
| 2008 | 13,628 | |
| 2007 | 13,767 | |
| 2006 | 13,989 | |
| 2005 | 14,338 | |
| 2004 | 15,480 | |
| 2003 | 15,844 | |
| 2002 | 16,915 | |
| 2001 | 17,338 | |
| 2000 | 27,990 | |
| 1999 | 28,001 | |
| 1998 | 28,468 | |
| 1997 | 29,008 | |
| 1996 | 28,558 | |
| 1995 | 27,835 | |
| 1994 | 28,222 | |
| 1993 | 28,909 | |
| 1992 | 28,637 | |
| 1991 | 27,963 | |
| 1990 | 26,879 | |
| 1989 | 25,134 | |
| 1988 | 24,152 | |
| 1987 | 22,625 | |
| 1986 | 21,978 | |
| 1985 | 19,688 | |
| 1984 | 18,621 | |
| 1983 | 17,641 | |
| 1982 | 15,971 | |
| 1981 | 16,960 | |
| 1980 | 13,606 |
Source
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Private non-profit sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-pnp-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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