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

In 1989, France's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.2% compared to 1988, reaching 289,282.

France ranks 2nd out of 14 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.2% (from 269,890 in 1984).

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