Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector Results by Autonomous Communities. All sectors. R+D researchers in FTE per thousand of the active pop. by Autonomous Communities and years. Units: ? ,2001,2000,1999,1998,1997,1996,1995,1994,1993,1992,1991,1990,1989,1988,1987, Total,4.4,4.2,3.5,3.5,3.2,3.1,2.9,3.0,2.7,2.6,2.6,2.4,2.1,2.1,1.8, Andalucía,3.6,3.1,2.9,2.6,2.3,2.3,2.2,1.9,1.6,1.6,1.5,1.3,1.1,1.1,0.7, Aragón,4.2,3.8,3.3,3.4,3.0,2.6,3.0,2.9,2.2,2.2,2.1,1.9,1.7,1.6,1.2, Asturias (Principado de),5.2,5.0,2.6,2.6,2.5,1.9,2.5,2.2,1.7,1.6,1.6,1.5,1.4,1.3,0.7, Baleares (Islas),1.5,1.2,1.1,1.2,1.0,1.7,0.9,0.6,0.6,0.6,0.6,0.5,0.4,0.3,0.3, Canarias,3.4,3.0,2.4,2.9,2.0,2.5,2.0,2.0,1.8,1.7,1.5,1.2,1.0,1.0,0.7, Cantabria,3.1,2.5,2.2,4.1,2.1,3.0,2.1,2.5,1.9,1.5,1.9,1.5,1.3,1.8,0.8, Castilla y León,4.9,3.8,3.3,3.2,3.1,2.9,2.1,2.9,1.9,1.8,1.7,1.5,1.3,1.3,0.7, Castilla - La Mancha,1.4,1.5,1.1,1.2,0.9,0.9,0.8,0.7,0.5,0.5,0.5,0.4,0.3,0.3,0.1, Cataluña,4.8,4.9,4.1,4.0,3.4,3.4,3.2,2.8,2.5,2.4,2.4,2.3,2.0,2.0,1.3, Comunidad Valenciana,3.2,3.2,2.2,2.3,2.1,2.3,2.1,2.3,1.6,1.4,1.5,1.1,1.0,0.9,0.6, Extremadura,2.7,2.5,1.7,2.0,1.7,1.2,1.0,1.8,0.8,0.8,0.8,0.7,0.6,0.8,0.5, Galicia,3.6,3.3,2.8,3.0,3.0,1.5,1.7,1.3,1.2,1.2,1.0,0.9,0.7,0.6,0.4, Madrid (Comunidad de),8.0,8.4,7.1,6.9,7.0,6.8,6.7,6.2,6.8,6.9,6.8,6.8,5.8,5.5,3.8, Murcia (Región de),2.9,2.4,2.3,2.3,2.2,2.0,2.1,2.2,1.8,1.5,1.4,1.4,1.2,1.3,0.8, Navarra (Comunidad Foral de),6.7,6.3,5.9,5.7,4.8,6.9,3.4,4.9,4.8,4.6,4.1,3.4,0.7,0.7,1.1, País Vasco,5.7,5.2,4.0,4.5,3.8,3.7,3.4,2.9,3.1,3.0,3.2,2.9,2.8,2.5,1.9, Rioja (La),3.4,2.9,2.5,2.1,1.8,2.3,1.9,1.5,1.5,0.3,0.4,0.4,0.3,0.3,0.4, Notes: Data for 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000 are estimates Active Population Data considering the new APS-2002 methodology Source: National Statistics Institute