FR · 2022 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
France, 2022
In 2022, France's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 2.7% compared to 2021, reaching 342,900.
France accounts for 16.4% of the EU-27 total of 2,087,394.
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 15.7% (from 296,324 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.