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Norway: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
28,882Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+40.2% 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 (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Norway from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28,882 | |
| 2023 | 30,102 | |
| 2022 | 28,665 | |
| 2021 | 27,053 | |
| 2020 | 26,141 | |
| 2019 | 25,154 | |
| 2018 | 23,766 | |
| 2017 | 23,766 | |
| 2016 | 22,171 | |
| 2015 | 21,637 | |
| 2014 | 20,597 | |
| 2013 | 19,041 | |
| 2012 | 18,624 | |
| 2011 | 18,111 | |
| 2010 | 17,821 | |
| 2009 | 18,166 | |
| 2008 | 18,491 | |
| 2007 | 16,941.3 | |
| 2006 | 16,030.8 | |
| 2005 | 15,398.9 | |
| 2004 | 15,667.5 | |
| 2003 | 15,615.1 | |
| 2002 | 14,183.6 | |
| 2001 | 14,459 | |
| 1999 | 13,308 | |
| 1997 | 12,942 | |
| 1995 | 12,090 | |
| 1993 | 10,689 | |
| 1991 | 9,967 | |
| 1989 | 10,164 | |
| 1987 | 10,656 | |
| 1985 | 10,086 | |
| 1984 | 8,722 | |
| 1983 | 7,623 | |
| 1982 | 6,935 | |
| 1981 | 6,754 |
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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, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-bes-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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