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Sweden: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
93,662Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+63.4% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Sweden from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 93,662.4 | |
| 2023 | 94,498.9 | |
| 2022 | 93,515 | |
| 2021 | 88,953 | |
| 2020 | 68,303 | |
| 2019 | 64,641 | |
| 2018 | 67,554 | |
| 2017 | 63,729 | |
| 2016 | 64,276 | |
| 2015 | 57,691 | |
| 2014 | 57,307 | |
| 2013 | 56,413 | |
| 2012 | 55,839 | |
| 2011 | 54,787 | |
| 2010 | 54,797 | |
| 2009 | 55,799 | |
| 2008 | 58,782 | |
| 2007 | 54,439 | |
| 2006 | 57,641 | |
| 2005 | 56,106 | |
| 2004 | 47,123 | |
| 2003 | 48,113 | |
| 2001 | 49,432.7 | |
| 1999 | 44,170.7 | |
| 1997 | 43,881.5 | |
| 1995 | 41,636 | |
| 1993 | 35,330 | |
| 1991 | 33,757 | |
| 1989 | 35,106 | |
| 1987 | 35,255 | |
| 1985 | 33,055 | |
| 1983 | 30,038 | |
| 1981 | 27,348 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-bes-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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