Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector 
Science and technology indicators
Personnel employed in R+D activities by years and type of indicator.
Units: specified in variables

,Total personnel: Number of persons,Total personnel: Persons in FTE,Total personnel: Persons in FTE (yearly growth rate),Total personnel: Persons in FTE (parts per thousand with respects to the active population),Researchers: Number of persons,Researchers: Researchers in FTE,Researchers: Researchers in FTE (yearly growth rate),Researchers: Researchers in FTE (parts per thousand with respects to the active population),
2007,331,192,201,108,1.06,9.9,206,190,122,624,1.06,6.00,
2006,309,893,188,978,1.08,9.6,193,024,115,798,1.06,5.90,
2005,282,804,174,773,1.08,9.2,181,023,109,720,1.09,5.80,
2004,267,943,161,933,1.07,9.0,169,970,100,994,1.09,5.60,
2003,249,969,151,487,1.13,8.8,158,566,92,523,1.11,5.30,
2002,232,019,134,258,1.03,7.7,150,098,83,318,1.02,4.80,
2001(*),218,414,130,353,..,7.2,143,332,81,669,..,4.50,
2001,209,011,125,750,1.04,6.9,140,407,80,081,1.04,4.40,
2000,..,120,618,1.18,6.8,..,76,670,1.25,4.30,
1999,178,189,102,238,1.05,5.9,116,595,61,568,1.02,3.60,
1998,..,97,098,1.11,5.7,..,60,269,1.12,3.50,
1997,155,117,87,150,1.00,5.2,103,905,53,883,1.04,3.20,
1996,..,87,264,1.09,5.3,..,51,633,1.09,3.10,
1995,147,046,79,987,0.99,4.9,100,070,47,342,0.99,2.90,
1994,..,80,399,1.06,5.0,..,47,867,1.10,3.00,
1993,121,098,75,734,1.03,4.8,80,113,43,367,1.04,2.70,
1992,118,749,73,320,1.01,4.7,77,430,41,681,1.03,2.70,
1991,108,594,72,406,1.04,4.6,73,551,40,642,1.08,2.60,
1990,101,546,69,684,1.10,4.5,66,582,37,676,1.14,2.40,
1989,92,390,63,155,1.15,4.1,59,592,32,914,1.06,2.20,
1988,87,066,54,807,1.13,3.6,56,261,31,170,1.18,2.10,
1987,77,022,48,486,1.07,3.3,49,007,26,463,1.08,1.80,
1986,70,122,45,261,1.11,3.2,45,255,24,525,1.14,1.70,
1985,63,109,40,654,1.03,2.9,40,848,21,455,1.05,1.50,
1984,61,074,39,287,1.09,2.8,39,607,20,506,1.05,1.50,
1983,57,321,36,171,1.02,2.6,38,175,19,453,1.04,1.40,
1982,56,472,35,531,0.98,2.6,37,122,18,782,0.97,1.40,
1981,55,297,36,221,1.02,2.7,36,564,19,268,1.05,1.40,
Notes:
1) FTE: Full Time Equivalent  
  Years 1994, 1996 and 1998 are estimates.  
  The data from the year 2001* and subsequent years include ongoing and occasional R&D. 
 Since 1995 'Total personnel' and 'Researchers' include the  PNPI sector.
  '..' data not available
1) ~'type of indicator,Total personnel: Persons in FTE (parts per thousand with respects to the active population)'~Hasta 2002 se calculaba el Tanto por mil respecto a Población Activa
1) ~'type of indicator,Researchers in FTE (parts per thousand with respects to the active population)'~Hasta 2002 se calculaba el Tanto por mil respecto a Población Activa
Source: National Statistics Institute