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Netherlands: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count
202,991Head count · 2024+40.3% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector (Head count). Annual figures for Netherlands from 1994 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 202,991 | |
| 2023 | 197,370 | |
| 2022 | 191,662 | |
| 2021 | 177,810 | |
| 2020 | 172,993 | |
| 2019 | 171,143 | |
| 2018 | 164,144 | |
| 2017 | 157,844 | |
| 2016 | 157,018 | |
| 2015 | 151,385 | |
| 2014 | 144,689 | |
| 2013 | 146,165 | |
| 2012 | 129,978 | |
| 2011 | 121,051 | |
| 2010 | 72,799 | |
| 2009 | 52,027 | |
| 2008 | 64,343 | |
| 2007 | 61,116 | |
| 2006 | 68,699 | |
| 2005 | 64,570 | |
| 2004 | 68,451 | |
| 2003 | 57,442 | |
| 2002 | 61,514 | |
| 2001 | 61,180 | |
| 2000 | 62,451 | |
| 1999 | 61,377 | |
| 1998 | 56,172 | |
| 1997 | 51,664 | |
| 1995 | 49,209 | |
| 1994 | 49,184 |
Source
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-bes-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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