Denomination 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Total R&D personnel in full-time equivalent
R&D institutes and other government research units 10,633 9,708 9,984 9,733 9,178 8,900 8,283
Higher education 12,994 14,111 14,703 14,303 15,390 13,958 12,896
Business enterprises 31,027 33,124 34,941 37,113 38,120 36,881 36,507
Total 54,654 56,943 59,628 61,149 62,688 59,739 57,686
Total R&D personnel in full-time equivalent, females
R&D institutes and other government research units 3,738 4,643 4,370 4,242 3,958 3,734 3,537
Higher education 5,240 6,056 6,319 6,213 6,250 6,134 5,943
Business enterprises 7,292 7,549 7,879 8,819 8,945 8,503 8,279
Total 16,270 18,248 18,568 19,274 19,153 18,371 17,759
Researchers in full-time equivalent
R&D institutes and other government research units 6,592 6,495 6,848 6,717 6,302 6,006 5,642
Higher education 9,547 9,999 10,603 10,346 11,804 10,470 9,522
Business enterprises 21,467 22,801 24,648 26,261 27,659 27,748 28,088
Total 37,606 39,295 42,099 43,324 45,765 44,224 43,252
Researchers in full-time equivalent, females
R&D institutes and other government research units 2,149 2,719 2,622 2,648 2,394 2,286 2,150
Higher education 3,281 3,779 3,926 4,023 4,235 4,118 3,917
Business enterprises 3,815 4,036 4,350 4,982 5,186 5,138 5,153
Total 9,245 10,534 10,898 11,653 11,815 11,542 11,220

Footnotes

*Total = internal + external. Staff number converted to full-time employees, i.e. staff number weighted with the ratio of time spent on actual research and development to total working hours.

Explanation of symbols

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