| Year | Calculated R&D internal staff number of other supporting staff, FTEa | Of which: | Number of researchers staying abroad (as empoyees, as students), person | Domestic members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences persons with scientific degree or title together, personb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in R&D institutes and other budgetary research units | in higher education sector | in enterprises | ||||
| 1990 | 7 123 | 3 849 | 1 715 | 1 559 | .. | .. |
| 1991 | 6 023 | 3 136 | 1 736 | 1 151 | 1 249 | 10 366 |
| 1992 | 4 729 | 2 491 | 1 598 | 640 | 1 079 | 10 757 |
| 1993 | 4 788 | 2 581 | 1 570 | 637 | 894 | 11 045 |
| 1994 | 4 334 | 2 135 | 1 518 | 681 | 720 | 11 573 |
| 1995 | 3 879 | 1 993 | 1 117 | 769 | 589 | 12 141 |
| 1996 | 4 254 | 2 345 | 1 472 | 437 | 766 | 12 485 |
| 1997 | 4 399 | 2 223 | 1 794 | 382 | 654 | 12 716 |
| 1998 | 3 677 | 1 154 | 1 882 | 641 | 556 | 12 828 |
| 1999 | 3 713 | 1 394 | 1 580 | 739 | 511 | 12 888 |
| 2000 | 3 962 | 1 465 | 1 766 | 731 | 557 | 12 870 |
| 2001 | 3 524 | 1 472 | 1 204 | 848 | 570 | 12 791 |
| 2002 | 3 802 | 1 482 | 1 306 | 1 014 | 569 | 12 720 |
| 2003 | 3 490 | 1 413 | 1 158 | 919 | 531 | 12 665 |
| 2004 | 3 209 | 1 159 | 1 312 | 738 | 412 | 12 583 |
| 2005 | 2 770 | 1 058 | 1 032 | 680 | 413 | 12 553 |
| 2006 | 3 481 | 1 346 | 1 255 | 880 | 388 | 12 495 |
| 2007 | 3 422 | 1 464 | 922 | 1 036 | 437 | 12 414 |
| 2008 | 3 662 | 1 608 | 957 | 1 097 | 386 | 12 364 |
| 2009 | 4 204 | 1 597 | 1 036 | 1 571 | 454 | 12 307 |
| 2010 | 4 171 | 1 517 | 1 081 | 1 573 | 398 | 12 250 |
| 2011 | 4 435 | 1 523 | 1 011 | 1 901 | 435 | 12 209 |
| 2012 | 4 902 | 1 186 | 987 | 2 729 | 422 | 12 156 |
| 2013 | 5 377 | 930 | 963 | 3 484 | 373 | 12 126 |
| 2014 | 4 283 | 958 | 884 | 2 441 | 355 | 12 095 |
| 2015 | 4 419 | 1 091 | 970 | 2 358 | 363 | 10 037 |
| 2016 | 3 701 | 779 | 815 | 2 107 | 287 | 9 635 |
| 2017 | 4 511 | 875 | 1 065 | 2 571 | 245 | 9 317 |
| 2018 | 4 744 | 880 | 1 030 | 2 834 | 227 | 9 106 |
| 2019 | 5 227 | 981 | 1 257 | 2 989 | 167 | 8 998 |