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R&D researchers. By sex

R&D researchers. Total 2007
Value % over total
Catalonia 25,063 100.0
Spain 122,624 100.0
European Union-27 0 100.0
Units: In full-time equivalent.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
R&D researchers. Men 2007
Value % over total
Catalonia 15,437 61.6
Spain 76,166 62.1
European Union-27 887,121 (e) Estimated value 73.6
Units: In full-time equivalent.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
R&D researchers. Women 2007
Value % over total
Catalonia 9,626 38.4
Spain 46,458 37.9
European Union-27 318,343 (e) Estimated value 26.4
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.

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