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Spain: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
295,362Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+47.5% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Spain from 1980 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 295,362 | |
| 2023 | 282,415 | |
| 2022 | 263,407 | |
| 2021 | 249,474 | |
| 2020 | 231,769.1 | |
| 2019 | 231,413.3 | |
| 2018 | 225,696.4 | |
| 2017 | 215,744.5 | |
| 2016 | 205,872.9 | |
| 2015 | 200,865.8 | |
| 2014 | 200,232.6 | |
| 2013 | 203,302 | |
| 2012 | 208,831.4 | |
| 2011 | 215,078.8 | |
| 2010 | 222,021.7 | |
| 2009 | 220,777.3 | |
| 2008 | 215,676.4 | |
| 2007 | 201,108.2 | |
| 2006 | 188,977.6 | |
| 2005 | 174,772.9 | |
| 2004 | 161,932.6 | |
| 2003 | 151,487.4 | |
| 2002 | 134,258.3 | |
| 2001 | 125,749.9 | |
| 2000 | 120,617.9 | |
| 1999 | 102,237 | |
| 1998 | 97,098 | |
| 1997 | 87,150 | |
| 1996 | 87,263 | |
| 1995 | 79,988 | |
| 1994 | 80,399 | |
| 1993 | 75,734 | |
| 1992 | 73,320 | |
| 1991 | 72,406 | |
| 1990 | 69,684 | |
| 1989 | 63,155 | |
| 1988 | 54,807 | |
| 1987 | 48,486 | |
| 1986 | 45,261 | |
| 1985 | 40,654 | |
| 1984 | 39,287 | |
| 1983 | 36,169 | |
| 1982 | 35,530 | |
| 1981 | 36,221 | |
| 1980 | 35,496 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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