FR · 1999 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
France, 1999
In 1999, France's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.7% compared to 1998, reaching 314,452.
France accounts for 18.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,661,718.
France ranks 2nd out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.2% (from 315,159 in 1994).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.