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

In 1987, France's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.3% compared to 1986, reaching 277,921.

France ranks 2nd out of 12 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.3% (from 258,937 in 1982).

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