FR · 2017 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
France, 2017
In 2017, France's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 3.8% compared to 2016, reaching 296,324.
France accounts for 17.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,709,559.
France ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.