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Switzerland: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count
79,606Head count · 2024+67.7% since 2006
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector (Head count). Annual figures for Switzerland from 1996 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 79,606 | |
| 2023 | 78,306 | |
| 2022 | 76,540 | |
| 2021 | 75,643 | |
| 2019 | 72,121 | |
| 2017 | 68,235 | |
| 2015 | 65,685 | |
| 2012 | 64,182 | |
| 2010 | 60,141 | |
| 2008 | 52,965 | |
| 2006 | 47,465 | |
| 2004 | 44,675 | |
| 2002 | 41,955 | |
| 2000 | 43,195 | |
| 1998 | 23,271 | |
| 1996 | 37,700 |
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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, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-hes-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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