EU-27 SNAPSHOT · 2021 · tsc00003
Total researchers by sector of performance - head count — 2021
Eurostat tsc00003 — Total researchers by sector of performance - head count. Data range: 2013 to 2024.
EU-27 total · 2021
2,988,411
Highest · 2021
Germany
691,264
Lowest · 2021
Malta
1,759
Member-state ranking · 2021
- #1 Germany DE 23.1% 691,264
- #2 France FR 15.6% 467,519
- #3 Spain ES 8.5% 255,385
- #4 Italy IT 7.3% 217,582
- #5 Poland PL 7.2% 215,761
- #6 Netherlands NL 4.8% 143,445
- #7 Sweden SE 4.7% 139,053
- #8 Belgium BE 3.8% 112,423
- #9 Portugal PT 3.7% 110,953
- #10 Austria AT 3.2% 96,270
- #11 Greece EL 2.6% 76,660
- #12 Czechia CZ 2.3% 69,536
- #13 Finland FI 2.2% 65,815
- #14 Hungary HU 2.2% 65,202
- #15 Ireland IE 1.2% 36,541
- #16 Slovakia SK 1.0% 30,040
- #17 Romania RO 1.0% 29,347
- #18 Bulgaria BG 0.8% 23,234
- #19 Lithuania LT 0.7% 19,609
- #20 Croatia HR 0.6% 16,879
- #21 Slovenia SI 0.5% 16,282
- #22 Latvia LV 0.3% 9,143
- #23 Estonia EE 0.3% 9,033
- #24 Luxembourg LU 0.1% 3,746
- #25 Cyprus CY 0.1% 3,030
- #26 Malta MT 0.1% 1,759
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Eurostat · tsc00003