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