DE · 2016 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
Germany, 2016
In 2016, Germany's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 3.0% compared to 2015, reaching 399,605.
Germany accounts for 24.8% of the EU-27 total of 1,613,592.
Germany ranks 1st 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.