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Spain: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Total, Total, Higher education sector, Head count

185,961Head count · 2024+23.2% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_persreg. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Higher education sector (Head count). Annual figures for Spain from 1988 to 2024.

19882024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2024185,961
2023181,065
2022174,931
2021170,617
2020165,729
2019164,227
2018159,943
2017157,815
2016153,148
2015153,014
2014150,945
2013150,582
2012157,297
2011165,043
2010168,111
2009162,749
2008158,941
2007155,044
2006148,993
2005139,717
2004135,027
2003131,725
2002126,275
2001120,918
2000114,434
1999101,231
199791,721
199589,947
199476,071
199362,191
199259,153
199153,759
199049,022
198946,647
198837,555

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Published by Eurostat, produced by Eurostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Total, Total, Higher education sector, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-persreg-total-t-hes-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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