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Sweden: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
22,446Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+0.2% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Sweden from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22,446 | |
| 2023 | 22,329.6 | |
| 2022 | 21,682 | |
| 2021 | 20,992.3 | |
| 2020 | 21,555 | |
| 2019 | 22,080 | |
| 2018 | 19,453 | |
| 2017 | 20,196 | |
| 2016 | 21,918 | |
| 2015 | 21,435 | |
| 2014 | 22,410 | |
| 2013 | 21,004 | |
| 2012 | 21,781 | |
| 2011 | 20,010 | |
| 2010 | 19,471 | |
| 2009 | 18,857 | |
| 2008 | 17,601 | |
| 2007 | 17,525 | |
| 2006 | 17,137 | |
| 2005 | 17,686 | |
| 2004 | 21,910 | |
| 2003 | 21,495 | |
| 2001 | 19,837 | |
| 1999 | 19,175 | |
| 1997 | 18,197 | |
| 1995 | 17,301 | |
| 1993 | 17,438 | |
| 1991 | 16,810 | |
| 1989 | 17,283 | |
| 1987 | 13,700 | |
| 1985 | 13,600 | |
| 1983 | 12,300 | |
| 1981 | 11,500 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-hes-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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