Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector Results by Autonomous Communities. All sectors. R+D personnel 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 7.0 6.7 5.8 5.7 5.2 5.3 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.2 Andalucía 4.9 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.4 Aragón 7.0 6.4 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.2 4.6 4.2 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.2 Asturias (Principado de) 6.5 6.8 3.7 3.8 3.6 2.7 3.7 3.3 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.1 1.5 Baleares (Islas) 2.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.4 2.2 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 Canarias 4.1 3.9 3.4 3.7 2.7 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.6 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.2 0.9 Cantabria 4.3 3.6 3.4 6.0 2.9 4.4 3.1 3.5 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.0 1.8 2.8 1.8 Castilla y León 6.4 5.2 4.8 4.3 4.3 4.6 3.3 4.3 4.1 3.3 2.9 2.3 2.3 2.4 1.0 Castilla - La Mancha 2.2 2.8 2.2 2.3 1.8 2.0 1.5 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 Cataluña 8.6 8.4 7.5 7.0 6.3 6.5 6.0 5.2 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.1 4.0 3.2 Comunidad Valenciana 5.2 5.4 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.5 2.4 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.1 Extremadura 3.4 3.3 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.6 2.5 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 Galicia 5.0 4.6 3.8 3.8 3.9 2.8 2.7 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.8 Madrid (Comunidad de) 13.5 13.7 12.7 12.4 11.7 12.1 11.8 12.8 12.3 12.4 12.6 12.8 11.4 10.8 9.0 Murcia (Región de) 4.8 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 2.0 2.1 1.9 2.1 1.5 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 10.3 8.1 8.9 7.9 7.1 9.3 6.1 7.4 7.1 7.0 6.5 5.7 2.7 2.2 2.3 País Vasco 9.8 8.6 7.4 7.9 6.7 6.7 6.3 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.1 Rioja (La) 5.2 4.7 4.0 3.3 2.9 3.1 2.8 1.7 2.5 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 Notes: Data for 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000 are estimates Active Population Data considering the new APS-2002 methodology Source: National Statistics Institute