Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector 
1964-2020 Series
Researchers by year and sectors/unit. 
Units: specified in variables

,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: %,
2020,145,372,22,527,15.5,67,212,46.2,55,299,38.0,334,0.2,
2019,143,974,22,147,15.4,66,630,46.3,54,888,38.1,309,0.2,
2018,140,120,21,422,15.3,64,007,45.7,54,360,38.8,331,0.2,
2017,133,213,20,844,15.6,62,542,46.9,49,571,37.2,256,0.2,
2016,126,633,20,663,16.3,58,413,46.1,47,222,37.3,335,0.3,
2015,122,437,19,962,16.3,57,107,46.6,45,151,36.9,218,0.2,
2014,122,235,20,180,16.5,57,156,46.8,44,689,36.6,210,0.2,
2013,123,225,20,673,16.8,57,641,46.8,44,714,36.3,197,0.2,
2012,126,778,21,850,17.2,59,775,47.1,44,920,35.4,232,0.2,
2011,130,235,22,893,17.6,62,185,47.7,44,915,34.5,242,0.2,
2010,134,653,24,377,18.1,64,590,48.0,45,377,33.7,309,0.2,
2009,133,803,24,165,18.1,63,175,47.2,46,153,34.5,311,0.2,
2008,130,986,22,578,17.2,61,736,47.1,46,375,35.4,298,0.2,
2007,122,624,21,412,17.5,58,813,48.0,42,101,34.3,299,0.2,
2006,115,798,20,063,17.3,55,443,47.9,39,936,34.5,357,0.3,
2005,109,720,20,446,18.6,54,028,49.2,35,034,31.9,213,0.2,
2004,100,994,17,151,17.0,51,616,51.0,32,054,32.0,173,0.0,
2003,92,523,15,489,16.7,49,196,53.2,27,581,29.8,258,0.3,
2002,83,318,12,625,15.2,45,727,54.9,24,632,29.6,334,0.4,
2001(*),81,669,13,355,16.4,46,964,57.5,20,534,25.1,816,1.0,
2001,80,081,13,345,16.7,46,964,58.6,18,959,23.7,812,1.0,
2000,76,670,12,708,16.6,42,064,54.9,20,869,27.2,1,029,1.3,
1999,61,568,11,935,19.0,33,840,55.0,15,178,25.0,616,1.0,
1998,60,269,11,021,18.0,34,524,58.0,13,902,23.0,822,1.0,
1997,53,883,10,490,20.0,30,649,57.0,12,009,22.0,735,1.0,
1996,51,633,9,126,18.0,30,858,60.0,11,100,21.0,549,1.0,
1995,47,342,8,359,18.0,27,666,58.0,10,803,23.0,514,1.0,
1994,47,867,7,820,16.3,28,591,59.7,11,070,23.1,386,1.0,
1993,43,367,7,737,17.8,24,006,55.4,11,256,26.0,368,1.0,
1992,41,681,7,660,18.4,22,167,53.2,11,593,27.8,261,1.0,
1991,40,642,8,079,19.9,20,775,51.1,11,622,28.6,166,0.0,
1990,37,676,7,623,20.2,18,904,50.2,11,007,29.2,142,1.0,
1989,32,914,5,864,17.8,17,554,53.3,9,394,28.5,102,0.0,
1988,31,170,5,706,18.3,16,912,54.3,8,552,27.4,..,..,
1987,26,463,4,528,17.1,15,100,57.1,6,835,25.8,..,..,
1986,24,525,4,060,16.6,14,305,58.3,6,160,25.1,..,..,
1985,21,455,2,839,13.2,13,763,64.1,4,853,22.6,..,..,
1984,20,506,2,917,14.2,13,570,66.2,4,019,19.6,..,..,
1983,19,453,2,872,14.8,13,053,67.1,3,528,18.1,..,..,
1982,18,782,3,351,17.8,12,022,64.0,3,409,18.2,..,..,
1981,19,268,3,632,18.8,12,410,64.4,3,226,16.7,..,..,
Notes:
1) Full time equivalent  
 Year 1994 is estimate.   
  Data of years 2001(*) onwards include continuous and  occasional R+D 
.  Years 1996 and 1998 for 'Total' and 'PNP' are  estimates.    
  '..' data not available
Source: National Statistics Institute