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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.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Full-time equivalent (FTE))Note
2024295,362
2023282,415
2022263,407
2021249,474
2020231,769.1
2019231,413.3
2018225,696.4
2017215,744.5
2016205,872.9
2015200,865.8
2014200,232.6
2013203,302
2012208,831.4
2011215,078.8
2010222,021.7
2009220,777.3
2008215,676.4
2007201,108.2
2006188,977.6
2005174,772.9
2004161,932.6
2003151,487.4
2002134,258.3
2001125,749.9
2000120,617.9
1999102,237
199897,098
199787,150
199687,263
199579,988
199480,399
199375,734
199273,320
199172,406
199069,684
198963,155
198854,807
198748,486
198645,261
198540,654
198439,287
198336,169
198235,530
198136,221
198035,496

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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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