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Portugal: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count
10,287Head count · 2024+73.4% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector (Head count). Annual figures for Portugal from 1982 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10,287 | |
| 2023 | 9,753 | |
| 2022 | 9,164 | |
| 2021 | 9,055 | |
| 2020 | 8,461 | |
| 2019 | 7,651 | |
| 2018 | 7,269 | |
| 2017 | 7,132 | |
| 2016 | 6,431 | |
| 2015 | 6,454 | |
| 2014 | 5,933 | |
| 2013 | 5,527 | |
| 2012 | 5,520 | |
| 2011 | 7,026 | |
| 2010 | 6,501 | |
| 2009 | 5,996 | |
| 2008 | 6,307 | |
| 2007 | 6,357 | |
| 2006 | 6,859 | |
| 2005 | 7,360 | |
| 2004 | 7,317 | |
| 2003 | 7,273 | |
| 2002 | 7,876 | |
| 2001 | 8,478 | |
| 2000 | 8,849 | |
| 1999 | 9,220 | |
| 1998 | 8,026 | |
| 1997 | 6,831 | |
| 1996 | 6,521 | |
| 1995 | 6,210 | |
| 1994 | 5,963 | |
| 1993 | 5,726 | |
| 1992 | 5,499 | |
| 1991 | 5,663 | |
| 1990 | 5,827 | |
| 1989 | 5,697 | |
| 1988 | 5,566 | |
| 1987 | 5,652 | |
| 1986 | 5,738 | |
| 1985 | 5,914 | |
| 1984 | 6,089 | |
| 1983 | 5,749 | |
| 1982 | 5,408 |
Source
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-gov-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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