DE · 2022 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
Germany, 2022
In 2022, Germany's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 5.3% compared to 2021, reaching 486,011.
Germany accounts for 23.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,087,394.
Germany ranks 1st 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 15.8% (from 419,617 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.