ES · 2023 · tsc00003
Total researchers by sector of performance - head count
Spain, 2023
In 2023, Spain's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 3.2% compared to 2022, reaching 276,018.
Spain accounts for 8.7% of the EU-27 total of 3,179,129.
Spain 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 17.6% (from 234,798 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00003, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.