BE · 2019 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
Belgium, 2019
In 2019, Belgium's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 5.5% compared to 2018, reaching 60,619.
Belgium accounts for 3.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,853,797.
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 19.3% (from 50,820 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.