BE · 2018 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
Belgium, 2018
In 2018, Belgium's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 6.4% compared to 2017, reaching 57,456.
Belgium accounts for 3.2% of the EU-27 total of 1,785,534.
Belgium ranks 8th 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 23.9% (from 46,355 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.