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United Kingdom: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count
16,824Head count · 2018-17.8% since 2008
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector (Head count). Annual figures for United Kingdom from 1999 to 2018.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 16,824 | |
| 2017 | 16,858 | |
| 2016 | 16,527 | |
| 2015 | 16,827 | |
| 2014 | 17,962 | |
| 2013 | 18,143 | |
| 2012 | 18,611 | |
| 2011 | 18,354 | |
| 2010 | 20,407 | |
| 2009 | 20,577 | |
| 2008 | 20,470 | |
| 2007 | 20,828 | |
| 2006 | 22,313 | |
| 2005 | 22,292 | |
| 2004 | 22,578 | |
| 2003 | 22,761 | |
| 2002 | 23,400 | |
| 2001 | 23,131 | |
| 2000 | 31,182 | |
| 1999 | 31,602 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-gov-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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