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Norway: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
52,368Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+30.0% 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 Norway from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52,368 | |
| 2023 | 54,596 | |
| 2022 | 53,571 | |
| 2021 | 51,927 | |
| 2020 | 48,947 | |
| 2019 | 48,723 | |
| 2018 | 46,601 | |
| 2017 | 46,234 | |
| 2016 | 43,918 | |
| 2015 | 42,409 | |
| 2014 | 40,297 | |
| 2013 | 38,536 | |
| 2012 | 37,707 | |
| 2011 | 36,950 | |
| 2010 | 36,121 | |
| 2009 | 36,091 | |
| 2008 | 35,485 | |
| 2007 | 33,635.3 | |
| 2006 | 31,230.8 | |
| 2005 | 29,965.9 | |
| 2004 | 29,152.5 | |
| 2003 | 28,503.1 | |
| 2002 | 26,858.6 | |
| 2001 | 26,705 | |
| 1999 | 25,400 | |
| 1997 | 24,877 | |
| 1995 | 23,938 | |
| 1993 | 22,091 | |
| 1991 | 20,252 | |
| 1989 | 20,217 | |
| 1987 | 19,888 | |
| 1985 | 18,780 | |
| 1984 | 17,230 | |
| 1983 | 15,969 | |
| 1982 | 15,218 | |
| 1981 | 14,843 |
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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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