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