FR · 2017 · tsc00003
Total researchers by sector of performance - head count
France, 2017
In 2017, France's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 4.9% compared to 2016, reaching 416,217.
France accounts for 16.1% of the EU-27 total of 2,589,975.
France ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00003, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.