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Sweden: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Researchers, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
109,203Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+63.9% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Researchers (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Sweden from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 109,202.7 | |
| 2023 | 109,261.8 | |
| 2022 | 104,042 | |
| 2021 | 100,057.9 | |
| 2020 | 80,089 | |
| 2019 | 78,629 | |
| 2018 | 75,151 | |
| 2017 | 73,132 | |
| 2016 | 70,372 | |
| 2015 | 66,734 | |
| 2014 | 66,643 | |
| 2013 | 64,194 | |
| 2012 | 49,280 | |
| 2011 | 48,702 | |
| 2010 | 49,312 | |
| 2009 | 47,308 | |
| 2008 | 50,220 | |
| 2007 | 45,812 | |
| 2006 | 55,729 | |
| 2005 | 55,001 | |
| 2004 | 48,784 | |
| 2003 | 48,186 | |
| 2001 | 45,995.4 | |
| 1999 | 39,920.8 | |
| 1997 | 36,878 | |
| 1995 | 33,665 | |
| 1993 | 29,252 | |
| 1991 | 26,515 | |
| 1989 | 25,585 | |
| 1987 | 22,725 | |
| 1985 | 21,899 | |
| 1983 | 19,181 | |
| 1981 | 17,896 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Researchers, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-rse-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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