FR · 2019 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
France, 2019
In 2019, France's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.9% compared to 2018, reaching 461,891.
France accounts for 15.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,922,303.
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 10.7% (from 417,129 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.