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Germany: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
104,190Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+3.2% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Germany from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 104,190 | |
| 2023 | 102,329 | |
| 2022 | 100,133 | |
| 2021 | 119,268 | |
| 2020 | 114,695 | |
| 2019 | 112,592.5 | |
| 2018 | 109,486.6 | |
| 2017 | 106,024.9 | |
| 2016 | 103,205.6 | |
| 2015 | 101,717.2 | |
| 2014 | 101,004.9 | |
| 2013 | 98,160.7 | |
| 2012 | 95,882.4 | |
| 2011 | 93,662.7 | |
| 2010 | 90,530.8 | |
| 2009 | 86,632.6 | |
| 2008 | 83,066.4 | |
| 2007 | 80,644 | |
| 2006 | 78,357 | |
| 2005 | 76,254 | |
| 2004 | 76,088 | |
| 2003 | 73,867 | |
| 2002 | 72,690 | |
| 2001 | 71,906 | |
| 2000 | 71,454 | |
| 1999 | 71,435 | |
| 1998 | 73,369 | |
| 1997 | 73,495 | |
| 1996 | 74,725 | |
| 1995 | 75,148 | |
| 1994 | 74,178 | |
| 1993 | 71,363 | |
| 1992 | 73,500 | |
| 1991 | 90,711 | |
| 1989 | 60,269 | |
| 1987 | 56,693 | |
| 1985 | 53,670 | |
| 1983 | 51,906 | |
| 1981 | 50,921 |
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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, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-gov-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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