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Germany: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)

554,101Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+49.1% since 2014

Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Germany from 1981 to 2024.

19812024

Every year

YearValue (Full-time equivalent (FTE))Note
2024554,101
2023543,452
2022505,253
2021478,129
2020467,444
2019475,676
2018451,057
2017436,570.9
2016413,027
2015404,766.6
2014371,706
2013360,375
2012367,478
2011357,129
2010337,211
2009332,491
2008332,909
2007321,853
2006312,145
2005304,502
2004298,549
2003298,072
2002302,600
2001307,257
2000312,490
1999306,693
1998288,090
1997286,270
1996276,794
1995283,316
1993293,774
1992306,925
1991321,756
1989296,510
1987295,332
1985275,053
1983249,478
1981242,544

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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Business enterprise sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-bes-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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