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Netherlands: R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
40,111Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+20.7% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_persocc. R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex: Higher education sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Netherlands from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40,111 | |
| 2023 | 43,211 | |
| 2022 | 40,469 | |
| 2021 | 40,473 | |
| 2020 | 38,433 | |
| 2019 | 35,963 | |
| 2018 | 34,742 | |
| 2017 | 34,350 | |
| 2016 | 33,300 | |
| 2015 | 33,604 | |
| 2014 | 33,237 | |
| 2013 | 32,331 | |
| 2012 | 31,951.6 | |
| 2011 | 32,197.5 | |
| 2010 | 34,981 | |
| 2009 | 34,122 | |
| 2008 | 33,231 | |
| 2007 | 32,402 | |
| 2006 | 32,229 | |
| 2005 | 32,305 | |
| 2004 | 32,095 | |
| 2003 | 31,370 | |
| 2002 | 30,793 | |
| 2001 | 30,685 | |
| 2000 | 30,078 | |
| 1999 | 29,588 | |
| 1998 | 24,165 | |
| 1997 | 24,411 | |
| 1996 | 24,398 | |
| 1995 | 24,888 | |
| 1994 | 26,038 | |
| 1993 | 26,530 | |
| 1992 | 26,170 | |
| 1991 | 25,730 | |
| 1990 | 25,380 | |
| 1989 | 17,270 | |
| 1988 | 16,990 | |
| 1987 | 16,780 | |
| 1986 | 16,550 | |
| 1985 | 16,180 | |
| 1984 | 16,030 | |
| 1983 | 15,880 | |
| 1982 | 16,030 | |
| 1981 | 13,060 |
Source
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-persocc-hes-total-t-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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