IT · 2023 · tsc00003
Total researchers by sector of performance - head count
Italy, 2023
In 2023, Italy's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 1.7% compared to 2022, reaching 229,079.
Italy accounts for 7.2% of the EU-27 total of 3,179,129.
Italy ranks 4th 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 8.9% (from 210,419 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00003, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.