Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector 
1964-2020 Series
Personnel employed in R+D activities by years and sectors/unit. 
Units: persons and percentage (full time equivalent)

,Total (full time equivalent),Public Administration: Total (full time equivalent),Public Administration: %,Higher education: Total (full time equivalent),Higher education: %,Companies: Total (full time equivalent),Companies: %,PNP: Total (full time equivalent),PNP: %,
2020,231,769,42,160,18.2,84,325,36.4,104,728,45.2,556,0.2,
2019,231,413,41,372,17.9,83,048,35.9,106,435,46.0,558,0.2,
2018,225,696,40,332,17.9,80,318,35.6,104,474,46.3,572,0.3,
2017,215,745,40,283,18.7,79,286,36.7,95,667,44.3,509,0.2,
2016,205,873,39,972,19.4,75,191,36.5,90,129,43.8,580,0.3,
2015,200,866,39,678,19.8,73,327,36.5,87,432,43.5,430,0.2,
2014,200,233,38,764,19.4,73,428,36.7,87,642,43.8,399,0.2,
2013,203,302,39,349,19.4,74,923,36.9,88,635,43.6,395,0.2,
2012,208,831,41,787,20.0,77,238,37.0,89,364,42.8,442,0.2,
2011,215,079,43,913,20.4,80,900,37.6,89,841,41.8,425,0.2,
2010,222,022,46,008,20.7,83,300,37.5,92,221,41.5,493,0.2,
2009,220,777,45,353,20.5,81,203,36.8,93,699,42.4,522,0.2,
2008,215,676,41,139,19.1,78,846,36.6,95,207,44.1,484,0.2,
2007,201,108,37,919,18.9,75,148,37.4,87,543,43.5,499,0.2,
2006,188,978,34,588,18.3,70,950,37.5,82,870,43.9,570,0.3,
2005,174,773,32,077,18.4,66,996,38.3,75,345,43.1,356,0.2,
2004,161,933,27,166,17.0,63,331,39.0,71,123,44.0,313,0.0,
2003,151,487,25,760,17.0,60,307,39.8,65,032,42.9,389,0.3,
2002,134,258,23,211,17.3,54,233,40.4,56,337,42.0,477,0.4,
2001(*),130,353,23,483,18.0,54,623,41.9,51,048,39.2,1,200,0.9,
2001,125,750,23,468,18.7,54,623,43.4,46,465,37.0,1,195,1.0,
2000,120,618,22,400,18.6,49,470,41.0,47,055,39.0,1,693,1.4,
1999,102,238,22,283,22.0,40,626,40.0,38,323,37.0,1,005,1.0,
1998,97,098,20,170,21.0,41,041,42.0,34,667,36.0,1,220,1.0,
1997,87,150,19,189,22.0,36,843,42.0,30,023,35.0,1,095,1.0,
1996,87,264,17,866,20.0,38,956,45.0,29,431,34.0,1,011,1.0,
1995,79,987,17,153,22.0,34,330,43.0,27,557,34.0,947,1.0,
1994,80,399,17,546,21.8,34,642,43.1,27,321,34.0,890,1.0,
1993,75,734,17,266,22.8,29,839,39.4,27,781,36.7,848,1.1,
1992,73,320,16,678,22.7,27,553,37.0,28,590,39.0,499,0.7,
1991,72,406,17,519,24.2,25,360,35.0,29,151,40.3,376,0.5,
1990,69,684,17,170,24.0,23,654,33.9,28,508,40.9,352,0.5,
1989,63,155,14,606,23.1,22,500,35.6,25,865,41.0,184,0.0,
1988,54,807,13,747,25.1,16,912,30.9,23,678,43.2,470,0.9,
1987,48,486,12,643,26.1,15,100,31.1,20,361,42.0,382,0.8,
1986,45,261,11,636,25.7,14,305,31.0,19,007,42.0,313,0.7,
1985,40,654,10,031,24.7,13,763,33.9,16,860,41.5,..,..,
1984,39,287,10,695,27.2,13,570,34.5,15,022,38.2,..,..,
1983,36,171,10,213,28.2,13,053,36.1,12,905,35.7,..,..,
1982,35,531,10,595,29.8,12,022,33.8,12,914,36.3,..,..,
1981,36,221,11,805,33.0,12,410,34.3,12,006,33.0,..,..,
Notes:
1) Full time equivalent  
 '..'= data not available

  Data of years 2001(*) onwards include continuous and occasional R+D 
.  In the years 1994, 1996 and 1998, 'Total' and 'PNP' are estimates 
  For years 1981 to 1988 in the section 'Higher education' the  personnel employed in R+D coincides with the 
 researchers since the rest of the personnel is not considered.
Source: National Statistics Institute