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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.

19942024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2024202,991
2023197,370
2022191,662
2021177,810
2020172,993
2019171,143
2018164,144
2017157,844
2016157,018
2015151,385
2014144,689
2013146,165
2012129,978
2011121,051
201072,799
200952,027
200864,343
200761,116
200668,699
200564,570
200468,451
200357,442
200261,514
200161,180
200062,451
199961,377
199856,172
199751,664
199549,209
199449,184

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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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