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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, Head count

451,642Head count · 2024+35.7% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex (Head count). Annual figures for Spain from 1988 to 2024.

19882024

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
2024451,642
2023431,848
2022419,649
2021398,661
2020378,296
2019377,862
2018369,291
2017354,333
2016341,809
2015338,179
2014332,871
2013333,134
2012342,901
2011353,911
2010360,229
2009358,803
2008352,611
2007331,192
2006309,893
2005282,804
2004267,943
2003249,969
2002232,019
2001209,011
1999178,189
1997155,117
1995147,046
1994134,587
1993122,275
1992119,440
1991115,274
1990108,546
198999,819
198887,797

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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, Total, Total, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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