FR · 2022 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
France, 2022
In 2022, France's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.0% compared to 2021, reaching 501,374.
France accounts for 15.6% of the EU-27 total of 3,221,015.
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 13.4% (from 442,222 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.