Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector Company sector: Personnel in FTE R+D Personnel in FTE by years and scientific discipline Units: ? ,Total,Exact and natural sciences,Engineering and technology,Medical sciences,Agricultural sciences,Social sciences and humanities, 2001,46,465,1,288,38,507,4,614,1,780,276, 2000,47,055,..,..,..,..,.., 1999,38,323,1,376,31,337,3,886,1,558,166, 1998,34,667,..,..,..,..,.., 1997,30,023,811,24,338,3,412,1,334,128, 1996,29,431,..,..,..,..,.., 1995,27,557,857,22,479,2,981,1,202,39, 1994,27,321,..,..,..,..,.., 1993,27,781,285,23,511,2,837,1,077,71, 1992,28,590,78,24,719,2,681,1,017,95, 1991,29,151,204,25,360,2,524,993,70, 1990,28,508,272,24,759,2,407,1,012,58, 1989,25,865,244,22,586,2,198,803,34, 1988,23,678,133,20,594,2,073,835,43, 1987,20,361,256,17,491,1,881,709,24, 1986,19,007,298,16,374,1,686,592,57, 1985,16,860,404,14,567,1,357,490,42, 1984,15,022,239,12,331,2,036,416,.., 1983,12,905,178,11,135,1,266,326,.., 1982,12,914,173,10,853,1,552,336,.., 1981,12,006,218,10,138,1,360,291,.., 1980,12,303,225,10,358,1,300,388,32, 1979,11,911,243,9,000,1,393,935,340, 1978,11,591,176,8,823,1,373,869,350, 1977,..,..,..,..,..,.., 1976,14,175,..,..,..,..,.., 1975,13,199,..,..,..,..,.., 1974,11,311,543,9,121,1,443,163,41, 1973,9,937,520,7,982,1,254,140,41, 1972,8,686,224,6,998,1,232,231,1, 1971,7,623,183,6,147,1,092,200,1, 1970,5,691,136,4,589,810,152,4, 1969,4,777,109,3,884,670,108,6, Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute