Total researchers by sector of performance - head count

In 2023, the EU-27 figure for total researchers by sector of performance was 3,179,129 .

That is a 6.4% rose versus 2021 (2,988,411).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 41.1% higher.

Across member states, Germany reported the highest value (742,803, 2023) and Malta the lowest (2,023, 2023) — a ratio of 367.2× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tsc00003; every value links back to the canonical source.