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Norway: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Researchers, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
39,071Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+33.6% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Researchers (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Norway from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39,071 | |
| 2023 | 40,893 | |
| 2022 | 40,117 | |
| 2021 | 38,971 | |
| 2020 | 36,316 | |
| 2019 | 35,898 | |
| 2018 | 34,337 | |
| 2017 | 33,632 | |
| 2016 | 31,913 | |
| 2015 | 30,632 | |
| 2014 | 29,237 | |
| 2013 | 28,312 | |
| 2012 | 27,841 | |
| 2011 | 27,228 | |
| 2010 | 26,451 | |
| 2009 | 26,273 | |
| 2008 | 25,578 | |
| 2007 | 24,350.6 | |
| 2006 | 22,579.6 | |
| 2005 | 21,200.3 | |
| 2004 | 20,662.3 | |
| 2003 | 20,546.8 | |
| 2001 | 19,685 | |
| 1999 | 18,295 | |
| 1997 | 17,490 | |
| 1995 | 15,931 | |
| 1993 | 14,763 | |
| 1991 | 13,460 | |
| 1989 | 12,156 | |
| 1987 | 11,465 | |
| 1985 | 9,692 | |
| 1984 | 8,970 | |
| 1983 | 8,283 | |
| 1982 | 7,754 | |
| 1981 | 7,498 |
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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, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-rse-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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