Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector 
Company sector: Researchers in FTE
Researchers in FTE by branch of activity (NCEA-74) and years.
Units: ?

	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1987	1986	1985	1984	1983	1982	1981	1980	1979	1978	
Total	18,959	20,869	15,178	13,902	12,009	11,100	10,803	11,070	11,256	11,593	11,622	11,007	9,394	8,552	6,835	6,160	4,853	4,019	3,528	3,409	3,226	2,994	2,950	2,800	
Agriculture	127	113	309	236	278	216	216	..	275	103	84	54	54	51	47	39	19	13	5	11	10	7	7	6	
Energy and water	282	294	307	251	331	455	560	..	329	311	312	306	243	254	246	266	245	227	179	185	176	187	207	189	
Extraction and chemistry	3,024	3,171	2,869	2,675	2,495	2,435	2,224	..	2,239	2,148	2,325	2,251	1,922	1,797	1,724	1,472	1,300	1,133	1,016	1,086	970	933	979	945	
Metallic products	5,869	7,360	7,379	6,501	5,927	5,272	5,087	..	4,961	5,300	5,491	5,347	4,528	4,206	3,225	2,790	2,215	1,742	1,407	1,326	1,300	1,184	938	857	
Other products	1,284	1,855	1,377	1,651	1,104	1,052	873	..	831	709	624	601	455	443	397	354	295	244	239	276	286	208	231	211	
Construction	102	219	30	23	42	35	35	..	64	83	79	111	118	93	82	102	139	74	70	141	127	111	77	79	
Trade and catering	180	135	36	26	26	7	18	..	10	10	5	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	9	4	4	
Transport and Communications	1,068	320	1,038	1,005	707	513	588	..	554	528	476	421	325	260	159	425	138	267	377	161	136	124	90	110	
Finance and insurance	2,435	4,199	1,401	1,323	917	1,009	1,081	..	1,404	1,359	1,320	1,058	1,128	1,105	710	544	300	216	185	187	184	143	355	334	
Other services	4,588	3,203	432	213	182	106	121	..	589	1,041	905	850	621	343	244	168	202	102	49	36	30	88	62	65	
Notes:
As from 1993, the correspondence between NCEA-74 and NCEA-93 is  published in annex 1
Source: National Statistics Institute