EU-27 SNAPSHOT · 2017 · tsc00003
Total researchers by sector of performance - head count — 2017
Eurostat tsc00003 — Total researchers by sector of performance - head count. Data range: 2013 to 2024.
EU-27 total · 2017
2,589,975
Highest · 2017
Germany
623,125
Lowest · 2017
Malta
1,546
Member-state ranking · 2017
- #1 Germany DE 24.1% 623,125
- #2 France FR 16.1% 416,217
- #3 Spain ES 8.7% 225,995
- #4 Italy IT 7.6% 195,560
- #5 Poland PL 7.3% 187,905
- #6 Netherlands NL 4.8% 124,834
- #7 Sweden SE 4.1% 107,042
- #8 Portugal PT 3.5% 89,659
- #9 Austria AT 3.2% 83,648
- #10 Belgium BE 3.0% 78,867
- #11 Greece EL 2.4% 61,616
- #12 Denmark DK 2.3% 60,085
- #13 Czechia CZ 2.3% 59,789
- #14 Finland FI 2.1% 54,139
- #15 Hungary HU 1.6% 42,729
- #16 Ireland IE 1.3% 34,721
- #17 Romania RO 1.1% 27,367
- #18 Slovakia SK 1.0% 26,861
- #19 Bulgaria BG 0.8% 20,971
- #20 Lithuania LT 0.7% 18,767
- #21 Slovenia SI 0.5% 14,079
- #22 Croatia HR 0.5% 13,708
- #23 Latvia LV 0.3% 7,504
- #24 Estonia EE 0.3% 7,344
- #25 Luxembourg LU 0.1% 3,540
- #26 Cyprus CY 0.1% 2,357
- #27 Malta MT 0.1% 1,546
Source:
Eurostat · tsc00003