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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, Head count

289,907Head count · 2024+38.0% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Researchers (Head count). Annual figures for Spain from 1985 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2024289,907
2023276,018
2022267,409
2021255,385
2020244,187
2019241,372
2018234,798
2017225,995
2016218,680
2015214,227
2014210,104
2013208,767
2012215,544
2011220,254
2010224,000
2009221,314
2008217,716
2007206,190
2006193,024
2005181,023
2004169,971
2003158,566
2002150,098
2001140,407
1999116,595
1997103,905
1995100,070
199470,508
199380,113
199277,430
198959,592
198856,261
198749,007
198645,255
198540,848

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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, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Researchers, Total, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-rse-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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