FR · 2021 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
France, 2021
In 2021, France's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 3.9% compared to 2020, reaching 333,800.
France accounts for 16.8% of the EU-27 total of 1,991,034.
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 16.9% (from 285,488 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.