IT · 2022 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
Italy, 2022
In 2022, Italy's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 4.9% compared to 2021, reaching 166,822.
Italy accounts for 8.0% of the EU-27 total of 2,087,394.
Italy ranks 3rd 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 18.8% (from 140,378 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.