BE · 2021 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
Belgium, 2021
In 2021, Belgium's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 22.1% compared to 2020, reaching 76,233.
Belgium accounts for 3.8% of the EU-27 total of 1,991,034.
Belgium ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 47.7% (from 51,622 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.