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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, Head count

193,316Head count · 2024+51.5% 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 (Head count). Annual figures for Spain from 1985 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2024193,316
2023182,136
2022176,853
2021163,067
2020150,920
2019152,488
2018149,629
2017137,103
2016130,229
2015127,397
2014127,570
2013128,106
2012128,433
2011129,872
2010132,313
2009134,243
2008137,303
2007124,511
2006113,150
200598,564
200492,888
200382,327
200273,461
200154,190
199946,429
199736,061
199533,068
199433,771
199334,478
199235,141
199136,270
199035,147
198931,130
198828,433
198724,544
198623,284
198519,997

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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, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-bes-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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