DE · 2019 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
Germany, 2019
In 2019, Germany's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 3.9% compared to 2018, reaching 450,697.
Germany accounts for 24.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,853,797.
Germany ranks 1st 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 28.1% (from 351,923 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.