FR · 2005 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
France, 2005
In 2005, France's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 0.7% compared to 2004, reaching 349,681.
France accounts for 18.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,876,602.
France ranks 2nd 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 6.8% (from 327,466 in 2000).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.