FR · 2013 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
France, 2013
In 2013, France's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.5% compared to 2012, reaching 418,141.
France accounts for 17.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,355,600.
France ranks 2nd 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 9.3% (from 382,653 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.