FR · 2014 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
France, 2014
In 2014, France's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 0.2% compared to 2013, reaching 417,129.
France accounts for 17.4% of the EU-27 total of 2,399,423.
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 6.9% (from 390,214 in 2009).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.