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Spain: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
139,437Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+59.1% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Spain from 1980 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 139,437 | |
| 2023 | 134,793 | |
| 2022 | 125,529 | |
| 2021 | 116,465 | |
| 2020 | 104,727.8 | |
| 2019 | 106,435.3 | |
| 2018 | 104,474.1 | |
| 2017 | 95,667.3 | |
| 2016 | 90,129.2 | |
| 2015 | 87,431.5 | |
| 2014 | 87,642 | |
| 2013 | 88,635.1 | |
| 2012 | 89,364.3 | |
| 2011 | 89,841.1 | |
| 2010 | 92,221.3 | |
| 2009 | 93,698.8 | |
| 2008 | 95,207.4 | |
| 2007 | 87,542.6 | |
| 2006 | 82,869.8 | |
| 2005 | 75,344.7 | |
| 2004 | 71,123.1 | |
| 2003 | 65,032.1 | |
| 2002 | 56,337.1 | |
| 2001 | 46,464.5 | |
| 2000 | 47,055.4 | |
| 1999 | 38,323 | |
| 1998 | 34,667 | |
| 1997 | 30,023 | |
| 1996 | 29,431 | |
| 1995 | 27,558 | |
| 1994 | 27,321 | |
| 1993 | 27,781 | |
| 1992 | 28,590 | |
| 1991 | 29,151 | |
| 1990 | 28,508 | |
| 1989 | 25,865 | |
| 1988 | 23,678 | |
| 1987 | 20,361 | |
| 1986 | 19,007 | |
| 1985 | 16,859 | |
| 1984 | 15,022 | |
| 1983 | 12,904 | |
| 1982 | 12,914 | |
| 1981 | 12,006 | |
| 1980 | 12,303 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-bes-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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