R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex

In 1986, France's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 1985, reaching 274,301.

France ranks 1st out of 9 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.2% (from 249,000 in 1981).

Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.