FR · 2019 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
France, 2019
In 2019, France's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 2.6% compared to 2018, reaching 313,374.
France accounts for 16.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,853,797.
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 17.2% (from 267,308 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.