FR · 2023 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
France, 2023
In 2023, France's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.4% compared to 2022, reaching 513,230.
France accounts for 15.4% of the EU-27 total of 3,330,043.
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 13.2% (from 453,387 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.