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R&D researchers. By sex

R&D researchers. Total 2003
Value % over total
Catalonia 18,386 100.0
Spain 92,523 100.0
European Union-27 1,039,338 (e) Estimated value 100.0
Units: In full-time equivalent.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
R&D researchers. Men 2003
Value % over total
Catalonia 11,547 62.8
Spain 58,538 63.3
European Union-27 784,954 (e) Estimated value 75.5
Units: In full-time equivalent.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
R&D researchers. Women 2003
Value % over total
Catalonia 6,839 37.2
Spain 33,985 36.7
European Union-27 254,384 (e) Estimated value 24.5
Units: In full-time equivalent.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.

Last update: May 9, 2024.

RD

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on R&D Activities (RD).

Methodological note

Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications.

The main breakdown of R&D statistics is by four institutional sectors of performance. These four sectors of performance are the business enterprise sector (BES), the government sector (GOV), the higher education sector (HES) and the private non-profit sector (PNP).

Basic data on R&D personnel are expressed as head count (HC) and full time equivalents (FTE). Total national R&D personnel is obtained by summing up the R&D personnel employed in the four different sectors of performance.

See also