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