FR · 2024 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
France, 2024
In 2024, France's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 1.6% compared to 2023, reaching 362,023.
France accounts for 16.4% of the EU-27 total of 2,209,371.
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 15.5% (from 313,374 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.