DE · 2017 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
Germany, 2017
In 2017, Germany's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 5.0% compared to 2016, reaching 419,617.
Germany accounts for 24.5% of the EU-27 total of 1,709,559.
Germany ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.