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Spain: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Researchers, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)

184,428Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+50.9% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Researchers (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Spain from 1981 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Full-time equivalent (FTE))Note
2024184,428
2023175,044
2022161,751
2021154,125
2020145,371.5
2019143,973.9
2018140,120.1
2017133,213.2
2016126,633.4
2015122,437
2014122,235.4
2013123,224.7
2012126,777.5
2011130,234.9
2010134,653
2009133,803.4
2008130,986.3
2007122,624.1
2006115,798.4
2005109,720.3
2004100,994.4
200392,522.7
200283,317.8
200180,080.6
200076,669.6
199961,568
199860,269
199753,883
199651,633
199547,342
199447,867
199343,367
199241,681
199140,642
199037,676
198932,914
198831,170
198726,463
198624,525
198521,455
198420,506
198319,450
198218,782
198119,268

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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Researchers, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-rse-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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