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R&D researchers. By sex

R&D researchers. Total 2009
Value % over total
Catalonia 26,932 100.0
Spain 133,803 100.0
European Union-27 1,299,479 (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 2009
Value % over total
Catalonia 16,778 62.3
Spain 82,277 61.5
European Union-27 944,577 (e) Estimated value 72.7
Units: In full-time equivalent.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
R&D researchers. Women 2009
Value % over total
Catalonia 10,154 37.7
Spain 51,526 38.5
European Union-27 354,902 (e) Estimated value 27.3
Units: In full-time equivalent.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.

Last update: December 2, 2011. Revised series on December 7, 2022.

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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