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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, Head count

1.23MHead count · 2020+6.2% since 2010

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

20012020

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
20201,230,864
20191,222,573
20181,209,426
20171,199,237
20161,180,402
20151,181,856
20141,189,017
20131,140,437
20121,132,376
20111,145,455
20101,159,546
20091,152,787
20081,159,722
20071,157,570
20061,148,836
20051,122,680
20041,096,078
20031,081,099
20021,032,826
20011,050,414

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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, Total, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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