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Netherlands: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Researchers, Total, Total, Head count

162,834Head count · 2024+38.5% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Researchers (Head count). Annual figures for Netherlands from 1999 to 2024.

19992024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2024162,834
2023157,331
2022150,203
2021143,445
2020139,928
2019136,034
2018130,153
2017124,834
2016124,568
2015118,902
2014117,573
2013116,610
2012107,184
201184,072
201064,829
200954,505
200860,969
200760,106
200665,031
200557,782
200460,588
200353,300
200253,476
200155,305
200052,718
199950,987

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

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