Table 1.7.2 - BMBF's Data Portal

Table 1.7.2

R&D personnel, by sex, sectors of employment and personnel groups, based on full-time equivalents
			Personnel, total	Of which in the Business enterprise sector¹⁾	Of which in the Higher education sector	Of which in the Government sector
Category	Year	Sex	Number
R&D personnel	2001	Total	480,606	307,257	101,443	71,906
	2001	Female	121,132	58,337	36,990	25,805
	2002	Total	480,004	302,600	104,714	72,690
	2002	Female	m	m	38,063	26,221
	2003	Total	472,532	298,072	100,593	73,867
	2003	Female	119,740	55,145	37,294	27,301
	2004	Total	470,729	298,549	96,092	76,088
	2004	Female	m	m	44,167	28,634
	2005	Total	475,278	304,502	94,522	76,254
	2005	Female	122,161	55,905	38,082	28,174
	2006	Total	487,935	312,145	97,433	78,357
	2006	Female	m	m	40,110	29,388
	2007	Total	506,450	321,853	103,953	80,644
	2007	Female	132,716	59,326	42,954	30,436
	2008	Total	523,504	332,909	107,529	83,066
	2008	Female	m	m	45,270	31,623
	2009	Total	534,975	332,491	115,851	86,633
	2009	Female	143,554	62,067	48,341	33,146
	2010	Total	548,723	337,211	120,981	90,531
	2010	Female	m	m	50,220	35,201
	2011	Total	575,100	357,129	124,308	93,663
	2011	Female	157,440	68,896	52,040	36,504
	2012	Total	591,261	367,478	127,900	95,882
	2012	Female	m	m	53,753	37,618
	2013	Total	588,615	360,375	130,079	98,161
	2013	Female	162,874	67,931	56,012	38,931
	2014	Total	605,253	371,706	132,542	101,005
	2014	Female	m	m	57,078	40,493
	2015	Total	640,515	404,767	134,032	101,717
	2015	Female	174,462	75,372	58,200	40,891
	2016	Total	657,894	413,027	141,661	103,206
	2016	Female	m	m	60,640	41,748
	2017	Total	686,349	436,571	143,753	106,025
	2017	Female	185,881	81,148	61,572	43,160
	2018	Total	707,704	451,057	147,160	109,487
	2018	Female	m	m	63,634	44,888
	2019	Total	735,584	475,676	147,316	112,592
	2019	Female	198,483	88,177	64,054	46,252
	2020	Total	733,831	467,444	151,692	114,695
	2020	Female	m	m	66,741	47,787
	2021	Total	753,940	478,129	156,543	119,268
	2021	Female	210,676	90,460	70,411	49,805
Of which researchers	2001	Total	264,385	157,836	67,962	38,587
	2001	Female	42,588	18,544	15,224	8,820
	2002	Total	265,912	155,540	71,292	39,080
	2002	Female	m	m	16,367	9,176
	2003	Total	268,942	161,980	68,243	38,719
	2003	Female	43,855	18,035	16,162	9,658
	2004	Total	270,642	162,232	65,764	42,646
	2004	Female	m	m	20,209	11,166
	2005	Total	272,148	166,874	65,363	39,911
	2005	Female	46,937	18,284	18,273	10,380
	2006	Total	279,822	171,063	67,273	41,486
	2006	Female	m	m	19,990	11,191
	2007	Total	290,855	174,309	72,985	43,561
	2007	Female	55,405	20,846	22,458	12,101
	2008	Total	302,643	180,297	77,004	45,342
	2008	Female	m	m	24,588	13,001
	2009	Total	317,307	183,214	84,852	49,241
	2009	Female	65,258	22,961	27,548	14,749
	2010	Total	327,996	185,815	90,398	51,783
	2010	Female	m	m	29,871	15,779
	2011	Total	338,692	190,696	93,811	54,185
	2011	Female	74,766	26,485	31,585	16,696
	2012	Total	352,419	199,623	97,199	55,597
	2012	Female	m	m	33,181	17,571
	2013	Total	354,463	198,585	99,123	56,755
	2013	Female	80,353	27,136	35,064	18,153
	2014	Total	351,923	198,076	100,992	52,854
	2014	Female	m	m	35,759	16,881
	2015	Total	387,982	230,823	103,148	54,011
	2015	Female	87,761	32,926	37,360	17,475
	2016	Total	399,605	235,758	109,877	53,971
	2016	Female	m	m	39,380	17,576
	2017	Total	419,617	252,759	112,143	54,715
	2017	Female	94,750	36,035	40,462	18,253
	2018	Total	433,685	261,634	114,868	57,183
	2018	Female	m	m	42,040	19,426
	2019	Total	450,697	276,964	114,512	59,221
	2019	Female	102,453	40,101	42,026	20,325
	2020	Total	450,796	272,171	117,638	60,988
	2020	Female	m	m	43,851	21,345
	2021	Total	461,645	277,043	120,901	63,701
	2021	Female	111,418	42,462	46,361	22,595