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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, Head count
44,132Head count · 2024+41.7% 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 Norway from 1985 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44,132 | |
| 2023 | 45,905 | |
| 2022 | 45,019 | |
| 2021 | 43,226 | |
| 2020 | 41,986 | |
| 2019 | 42,105 | |
| 2018 | 39,908 | |
| 2017 | 38,868 | |
| 2016 | 36,271 | |
| 2015 | 33,846 | |
| 2014 | 31,144 | |
| 2013 | 28,319 | |
| 2012 | 27,672 | |
| 2011 | 26,337 | |
| 2010 | 25,978 | |
| 2009 | 26,467 | |
| 2008 | 26,483 | |
| 2007 | 24,058 | |
| 2005 | 22,795 | |
| 2004 | 23,275 | |
| 2003 | 22,072 | |
| 2002 | 21,963 | |
| 2001 | 20,769 | |
| 1999 | 17,375 | |
| 1997 | 17,549 | |
| 1995 | 15,937 | |
| 1993 | 13,202 | |
| 1991 | 12,409 | |
| 1989 | 14,154 | |
| 1987 | 12,518 | |
| 1985 | 11,696 |
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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