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Sweden: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE)
123,074Full-time equivalent (FTE) · 2024+47.4% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex (Full-time equivalent (FTE)). Annual figures for Sweden from 1981 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Full-time equivalent (FTE)) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 123,074.3 | |
| 2023 | 123,316.5 | |
| 2022 | 121,615 | |
| 2021 | 115,940 | |
| 2020 | 95,463 | |
| 2019 | 92,172 | |
| 2018 | 92,011 | |
| 2017 | 88,928 | |
| 2016 | 90,690 | |
| 2015 | 83,551 | |
| 2014 | 83,473 | |
| 2013 | 80,957 | |
| 2012 | 81,272 | |
| 2011 | 78,445 | |
| 2010 | 77,418 | |
| 2009 | 77,363 | |
| 2008 | 79,549 | |
| 2007 | 75,318 | |
| 2006 | 78,715 | |
| 2005 | 77,557 | |
| 2004 | 72,459 | |
| 2003 | 72,978 | |
| 2001 | 72,189.7 | |
| 1999 | 66,673.7 | |
| 1997 | 65,495.5 | |
| 1995 | 62,635 | |
| 1993 | 56,627 | |
| 1991 | 53,604 | |
| 1989 | 55,129 | |
| 1987 | 51,811 | |
| 1985 | 49,599 | |
| 1983 | 45,759 | |
| 1981 | 42,214 |
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: All sectors, Total, Total, Total, Full-time equivalent (FTE). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-total-total-t-total-fte (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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