Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector 
Higher education sector
Researchers in FTE by years and scientific discipline.
Units: ?

	Total	Exact and natural sciences	Engineering and technology	Medical sciences	Agricultural sciences	Social sciences and humanities	
2001	46,964	16,947	10,499	6,196	2,816	10,506	
2000	42,064	16,387	8,450	5,650	2,249	9,329	
1999	33,840	13,339	5,668	5,069	1,920	7,844	
1998	34,524	13,606	6,119	5,326	1,847	7,626	
1997	30,649	12,606	5,240	4,332	1,623	6,848	
1996	30,858	12,460	5,150	4,799	1,631	6,819	
1995	27,666	11,088	5,128	3,934	1,444	6,072	
1994	28,591	4,939	5,584	4,995	1,178	11,895	
1993	24,006	5,257	3,458	3,611	1,046	10,634	
1992	22,167	5,528	2,560	3,460	1,035	9,584	
1991	20,775	5,534	2,445	3,204	1,009	8,583	
1990	18,904	4,992	2,329	3,132	921	7,530	
1989	17,554	4,552	2,136	2,933	918	7,015	
1988	16,912	4,655	1,946	2,938	803	6,570	
1987	15,100	4,344	2,056	2,192	675	5,833	
1986	14,305	3,773	2,155	2,230	631	5,516	
1985	13,763	3,292	2,043	2,308	585	5,535	
1984	13,570	3,153	2,137	2,293	554	5,433	
1983	13,053	3,062	2,119	2,262	558	5,052	
1982	12,022	2,660	2,150	2,164	516	4,532	
1981	12,410	2,747	2,134	2,235	576	4,718	
1980	11,793	2,574	2,125	2,162	565	4,367	
1979	7,138	1,548	1,279	1,345	356	2,610	
1978	7,053	2,077	553	1,531	374	2,518	
1977	..	..	..	..	..	..	
1976	..	..	..	..	..	..	
1975	..	..	..	..	..	..	
1974	2,286	798	277	350	86	775	
1973	2,120	781	283	322	76	658	
1972	2,503	805	342	694	184	478	
1971	1,969	662	215	530	152	410	
1970	1,211	396	134	317	91	273	
1969	987	298	101	276	76	236	
Notes:
Data for 1994 are estimates
Source: National Statistics Institute