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Portugal: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Head count

163,630Head count · 2024+68.8% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex (Head count). Annual figures for Portugal from 1982 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2024163,630
2023155,697
2022146,669
2021138,715
2020131,128
2019123,012
2018116,864
2017109,251
2016103,680
2015103,291
201496,952
201395,347
201292,977
201194,077
201091,917
200988,532
200887,565
200762,752
200653,669
200544,585
200444,311
200344,036
200241,601
200139,163
200038,018
199936,872
199833,143
199729,413
199627,219
199525,024
199424,042
199322,644
199221,607
199120,280
199018,953
198917,901
198816,849
198716,376
198615,903
198514,819
198413,734
198312,729
198211,723

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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, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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