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Germany: Share of R&D personnel and researchers in total active population and employment by sector of performance and sex: Total, Total, Business enterprise sector, Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC)

1.50Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC) · 2023+76.5% since 2003

Eurostat table rd_p_perslf. Share of R&D personnel and researchers in total active population and employment by sector of performance and sex: Business enterprise sector (Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC)). Annual figures for Germany from 1993 to 2023.

19932023

Every year

YearValue (Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC))Note
20231.5
20211.33
20191.3
20171.2
20151.12
20131.02
20111.03
20090.95
20070.89
20050.85
20030.85
20010.88
19990.87
19970.83
19950.83
19930.86

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Eurostat (2026). Share of R&D personnel and researchers in total active population and employment by sector of performance and sex: Total, Total, Business enterprise sector, Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perslf-t-total-bes-pc-act-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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