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R&D personnel by sector



 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Enterprises 19678 24243 29139 36406 37971 40089 40674 40802 41691 41005 41762 41262
Public sector 9089 8902 9666 10523 10300 10635 10715 10680 10323 9946 9441 9323
Higher education 13344 14721 16685 20036 21517 24049 25297 25793 27897 28556 28086 28890
Total 42111 47866 55490 66965 69788 74773 76687 77275 79911 79507 79289 79475

Source: Statistics Finland, Science and Technology Statistics       Table with figure

79,500 persons were employed in R&D activities in 2009. Over one half of the research personnel worked for business enterprises.

One third, 27,000, of all the R&D personnel were women. In the public and higher education sectors, women made up one half of the research personnel, in business enterprises only 21 per cent.

28.10.2010 Statistics Finland