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Spain: R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Head count
185,961Head count · 2024+23.2% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_persocc. R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex: Higher education sector (Head count). Annual figures for Spain from 1988 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 185,961 | |
| 2023 | 181,065 | |
| 2022 | 174,931 | |
| 2021 | 170,617 | |
| 2020 | 165,729 | |
| 2019 | 164,227 | |
| 2018 | 159,943 | |
| 2017 | 157,815 | |
| 2016 | 153,148 | |
| 2015 | 153,014 | |
| 2014 | 150,945 | |
| 2013 | 150,582 | |
| 2012 | 157,297 | |
| 2011 | 165,043 | |
| 2010 | 168,111 | |
| 2009 | 162,749 | |
| 2008 | 158,941 | |
| 2007 | 155,044 | |
| 2006 | 148,993 | |
| 2005 | 139,717 | |
| 2004 | 135,027 | |
| 2003 | 131,725 | |
| 2002 | 126,275 | |
| 2001 | 120,918 | |
| 2000 | 114,434 | |
| 1999 | 101,231 | |
| 1997 | 91,721 | |
| 1995 | 89,947 | |
| 1994 | 76,071 | |
| 1993 | 62,191 | |
| 1992 | 59,153 | |
| 1991 | 53,759 | |
| 1990 | 49,022 | |
| 1989 | 46,647 | |
| 1988 | 37,555 |
Source
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-persocc-hes-total-t-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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