IT · 2023 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
Italy, 2023
In 2023, Italy's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 1.9% compared to 2022, reaching 170,062.
Italy accounts for 7.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,155,632.
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 11.7% (from 152,307 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.