Name: Researchers as a share of the labour force in France
Creator: Eurostat
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% of labour force (full-time equivalent). Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Researchers as a share of the labour force (% of labour force (full-time equivalent)), 2000 to 2024
Period	France	European Union
2024	1.21%	1.04%e (estimated)
2023	1.18%	1.02%e (estimated)
2022	1.14%	0.99%e (estimated)
2021	1.13%	0.96%e (estimated)
2020	1.10%	0.92%e (estimated)
2019	1.06%	0.89%e (estimated)
2018	1.03%	0.86%e (estimated)
2017	1.01%	0.83%
2016	0.97%	0.78%e (estimated)
2015	0.95%	0.76%e (estimated)
2014	0.91%	0.73%e (estimated)
2013	0.91%	0.72%e (estimated)
2012	0.89%	0.70%e (estimated)
2011	0.86%	0.68%e (estimated)
2010	0.84%b (break in time series)	0.66%e (estimated)
2009	0.81%d (definition differs (see metadata))	0.64%e (estimated)
2008	0.79%d (definition differs (see metadata))	0.62%e (estimated)
2007	0.78%	0.59%e (estimated)
2006	0.74%	0.58%e (estimated)
2005	0.72%	0.56%e (estimated)
2004	0.73%	0.55%e (estimated)
2003	0.70%	0.53%e (estimated)
2002	–	0.52%e (estimated)
2001	–	0.51%e (estimated)
2000	–	0.50%e (estimated)

Flags: e estimated; d definition differs (see metadata); b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

Researchers as a share of the labour force in France

Researchers as a share of the labour force in France over time