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Netherlands: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)

197,169Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+44.8% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Netherlands from 1981 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Full-time equivalent (FTE))Note
2024197,169
2023193,043
2022183,533
2021173,667
2020166,422
2019160,422
2018156,875
2017150,399
2016144,482
2015139,382
2014136,174
2013135,555
2012122,215.1
2011117,435.5
2010100,544
200987,874
200893,432
200793,788
200697,835
200593,599
200495,702
200390,147
200291,548
200192,904
200091,313
199989,669
199885,485
199783,969
199680,822
199579,634
199478,917
199374,410
199272,310
199172,350
199073,940
198966,460
198864,420
198763,520
198662,830
198561,400
198458,400
198357,630
198257,450
198154,479

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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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