ES · 2019 · tsc00003
Total researchers by sector of performance - head count
Spain, 2019
In 2019, Spain's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 2.8% compared to 2018, reaching 241,372.
Spain accounts for 8.6% of the EU-27 total of 2,801,187.
Spain ranks 2nd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 14.9% (from 210,104 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00003, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.