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

0.77Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC) · 2023-30.6% 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: Higher education sector (Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC)). Annual figures for Sweden from 1997 to 2023.

19972023

Every year

Year	Value (Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC))	Note
2023	0.77
2021	0.82
2019	0.78
2017	0.74
2015	1.07
2013	1.12
2011	1.12
2009	1.01
2007	1
2005	1
2003	1.11
2001	1.15
1999	1.22
1997	1.16

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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, Higher education sector, Percentage of population in the labour force - numerator in head count (HC). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perslf-t-total-hes-pc-act-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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