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Japan: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)

911,620Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2020+3.8% since 2010

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Japan from 1980 to 2020.

19812020

Every year

YearValue (Full-time equivalent (FTE))Note
2020911,620
2019903,367
2018896,901
2017890,749
2016872,340
2015875,005
2014895,285
2013865,523
2012851,132
2011869,825
2010877,928
2009878,418
2008882,739
2007912,202
2006910,375
2005896,855
2004872,752
2003859,453
2002833,788
2001869,180
2000896,847
1999919,132
1998925,569
1997894,003
1996891,783
1995948,088
1994945,823
1993947,455
1992939,483
1991910,051
1990899,286
1989863,382
1988830,855
1987803,833
1986778,501
1985761,650
1984730,432
1983710,872
1982668,939
1981648,977
1980629,172

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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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