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Japan: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Females, Total, Head count

281,467Head count · 2020+26.8% since 2010

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

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Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2020281,467
2019273,075
2018265,672
2017258,396
2016250,308
2015244,093
2014238,275
2013229,437
2012226,902
2011221,520
2010221,929
2009216,760
2008211,960
2007210,462
2006203,707
2005196,263
2004189,694
2003183,216
2002172,681
2001169,370

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Published by Eurostat, produced by Eurostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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

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