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Bulgaria: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Higher education sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count
10,347Head count · 2024+5.6% 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 (Head count). Annual figures for Bulgaria from 1980 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10,347 | |
| 2023 | 10,173 | |
| 2022 | 9,643 | |
| 2021 | 9,640 | |
| 2020 | 9,492 | |
| 2019 | 9,376 | |
| 2018 | 9,765 | |
| 2017 | 9,287 | |
| 2016 | 10,025 | |
| 2015 | 9,325 | |
| 2014 | 9,795 | |
| 2013 | 8,279 | |
| 2012 | 8,368 | |
| 2011 | 8,258 | |
| 2010 | 7,710 | |
| 2009 | 8,031 | |
| 2008 | 6,415 | |
| 2007 | 5,956 | |
| 2006 | 4,976 | |
| 2005 | 5,030 | |
| 2004 | 4,338 | |
| 2003 | 3,920 | |
| 2002 | 3,913 | |
| 2001 | 3,616 | |
| 2000 | 3,166 | |
| 1999 | 4,020 | |
| 1998 | 4,449 | |
| 1997 | 4,821 | |
| 1996 | 10,800 | |
| 1995 | 11,214 | |
| 1994 | 11,579 | |
| 1993 | 23,265 | |
| 1992 | 21,926 | |
| 1991 | 18,721 | |
| 1990 | 17,160 | |
| 1989 | 14,322 | |
| 1988 | 14,022 | |
| 1987 | 13,389 | |
| 1986 | 12,899 | |
| 1985 | 12,417 | |
| 1984 | 11,821 | |
| 1983 | 11,334 | |
| 1982 | 10,520 | |
| 1981 | 10,767 | |
| 1980 | 10,882 |
Source
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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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