ES · 2021 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
Spain, 2021
In 2021, Spain's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 6.0% compared to 2020, reaching 154,125.
Spain accounts for 7.7% of the EU-27 total of 1,991,034.
Spain ranks 4th 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 21.7% (from 126,633 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.