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Netherlands: Share of R&D personnel and researchers in total active population and employment by sector of performance and sex: Total, Total, Higher education sector, Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC)

0.45Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC) · 2024+4.7% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perslf. Share of R&D personnel and researchers in total active population and employment by sector of performance and sex: Higher education sector (Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC)). Annual figures for Netherlands from 1999 to 2024.

19992024

Every year

Year	Value (Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC))	Note
2024	0.45
2023	0.51
2022	0.49
2021	0.5
2020	0.48
2019	0.45
2018	0.44
2017	0.44
2016	0.43
2015	0.43
2014	0.43
2013	0.42
2012	0.42
2011	0.42
2010	0.46
2009	0.45
2008	0.45
2007	0.45
2006	0.45
2005	0.45
2004	0.47
2003	0.46
2002	0.45
2001	0.46
2000	0.46
1999	0.46

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Eurostat (2026). Share of R&D personnel and researchers in total active population and employment by sector of performance and sex: Total, Total, Higher education sector, Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perslf-t-total-hes-pc-act-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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