PT · 2020 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
Portugal, 2020
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
53,174
Portugal, 2020
▲ 6.0% vs 2019 (50,167)
Analysis
In 2020, Portugal's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 6.0% compared to 2019, reaching 53,174.
Portugal accounts for 2.8% of the EU-27 total of 1,887,380.
Portugal ranks 9th 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 37.5% (from 38,672 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
2.8%
EU-27: 1,887,380
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2013 2024
Source:
Eurostat · tsc00004