Business enterprise R&D personnel in high-tech sectors - NACE Rev. 2 - htec_sti_pers2

Data - Eurostat

Author

François Geerolf

Info

Last observation: Annual: 2024 (N = 164)

First observation: Annual: 2005 (N = 284)

Last data update: 23 jul 2026, 22:08. Last compile: 24 jul 2026, 01:54

Structure

R&D Researchers in High-Tech Manufacturing

France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland

Code

htec_sti_pers2 %>%
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES", "PL"),
         nace_r2 == "C_HTC",
         unit == "HC",
         prof_pos == "RSE") %>%
  year_to_date %>%
  left_join(colors, by = c("Geo" = "country")) %>%
  ggplot + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = color)) +
  theme_minimal() + scale_color_identity() + add_5flags +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(2000, 2100, 2), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("R&D researchers, high-tech manufacturing (head count)")

France: High-Tech vs. Low-Tech Manufacturing

Code

htec_sti_pers2 %>%
  filter(geo == "FR",
         nace_r2 %in% c("C_HTC", "C_HTC_M", "C_LTC", "C_LTC_M"),
         unit == "HC",
         prof_pos == "RSE") %>%
  year_to_date %>%
  ggplot + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = Nace_r2)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(2000, 2100, 2), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("R&D researchers (head count)")

Latest Year by Country

Code

latest_y <- htec_sti_pers2 %>%
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES", "PL", "NL", "BE", "SE"),
         nace_r2 %in% c("C_HTC", "C"),
         unit == "HC",
         prof_pos == "RSE",
         !is.na(values)) %>%
  summarise(m = max(time)) %>%
  pull(m)

htec_sti_pers2 %>%
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES", "PL", "NL", "BE", "SE"),
         nace_r2 %in% c("C_HTC", "C"),
         unit == "HC",
         prof_pos == "RSE",
         time == latest_y) %>%
  select(Geo, Nace_r2, values) %>%
  spread(Nace_r2, values) %>%
  arrange(-`High-technology manufacturing`) %>%
  print_table_conditional()

Geo	High-technology manufacturing	Manufacturing
France	66357	135378
Germany	47147	252550
Italy	15529	NA
Spain	9238	27636
Belgium	7920	NA
Poland	5325	36575
Netherlands	NA	NA
Sweden	NA	46451

nace_r2

Code

htec_sti_pers2 %>%
  
  group_by(nace_r2, Nace_r2) %>%
  summarise(Nobs = n()) %>%
  arrange(-Nobs) %>%
  print_table_conditional

nace_r2	Nace_r2	Nobs
TOTAL	Total - all NACE activities	2969
C	Manufacturing	2154
C_HTC	High-technology manufacturing	2126
G-N	Services of the business economy	2116
C_HTC_M	Medium high-technology manufacturing	2071
C_LTC	Low-technology manufacturing	1953
C_LTC_M	Medium low-technology manufacturing	1852

unit

Code

htec_sti_pers2 %>%
  
  group_by(unit, Unit) %>%
  summarise(Nobs = n()) %>%
  arrange(-Nobs) %>%
  print_table_conditional

unit	Unit	Nobs
FTE	Full-time equivalent (FTE)	8170
HC	Head count	7071

prof_pos

Code

htec_sti_pers2 %>%
  
  group_by(prof_pos, Prof_pos) %>%
  summarise(Nobs = n()) %>%
  arrange(-Nobs) %>%
  print_table_conditional

prof_pos	Prof_pos	Nobs
TOTAL	Total	7700
RSE	Researchers	7541