Table 1.7.3 - BMBF's Data Portal

Table 1.7.3

Regional breakdown of R&D personnel in the Federal Republic of Germany (full-time equivalents)
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	1995	1997	1999	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	1995	1997	1999	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Federal Land	Number																								Share (%)
Baden-Württemberg	93,612	95,093	97,556	99,593	98,676	104,519	104,006	109,635	110,910	116,234	119,851	120,674	122,937	131,915	135,886	137,730	140,937	151,051	154,715	171,063	176,158	181,480	179,942	183,992	20.4	20.7	20.4	20.7	20.6	22.1	22.1	23.1	22.7	23.0	22.9	22.6	22.4	23.0	23.0	23.4	23.3	23.6	23.5	25.0	24.9	24.7	24.5	24.4
Bavaria	88,516	87,995	95,345	99,416	98,699	96,391	97,235	98,782	102,682	98,146	102,032	105,953	106,700	109,925	112,976	113,129	116,207	125,263	128,031	129,889	134,216	146,204	145,842	151,362	19.3	19.1	19.9	20.7	20.6	20.4	20.7	20.8	21.1	19.4	19.5	19.8	19.5	19.1	19.1	19.2	19.2	19.6	19.5	18.9	19.0	19.9	19.9	20.1
Berlin	30,419	30,349	29,727	31,671	31,981	28,389	29,242	26,937	28,052	26,675	27,875	29,431	31,073	31,216	32,412	31,824	33,001	34,785	35,372	35,311	36,276	37,063	37,603	38,255	6.6	6.6	6.2	6.6	6.7	6.0	6.2	5.7	5.8	5.3	5.3	5.5	5.7	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.1	5.1
Brandenburg	7,113	6,907	7,039	6,952	6,859	6,145	6,127	6,271	6,293	6,865	7,184	7,566	8,159	9,293	9,515	9,378	9,641	9,888	10,352	11,104	11,330	11,682	11,821	11,899	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
Bremen	5,474	4,797	4,843	4,894	5,158	5,652	5,427	4,829	4,876	5,145	5,366	5,342	5,663	5,956	6,071	6,294	6,597	7,045	7,234	7,171	7,377	7,829	7,610	7,962	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.1
Hamburg	13,532	13,417	12,088	10,467	10,244	11,438	11,491	11,253	11,853	12,357	12,898	13,224	13,607	13,921	14,210	14,809	15,125	16,176	16,798	18,180	18,890	18,835	19,109	19,783	2.9	2.9	2.5	2.2	2.1	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6
Hesse	40,403	39,166	46,641	41,840	41,578	39,640	39,199	39,242	41,018	44,711	46,084	46,503	47,993	48,159	49,091	46,681	47,602	51,855	53,978	55,049	56,793	57,210	56,743	55,883	8.8	8.5	9.7	8.7	8.7	8.4	8.3	8.3	8.4	8.8	8.8	8.7	8.8	8.4	8.3	7.9	7.9	8.1	8.2	8.0	8.0	7.8	7.7	7.4
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	4,067	3,868	3,741	4,170	4,153	4,356	4,351	4,516	4,543	4,786	4,725	5,479	5,543	6,485	6,805	5,898	6,113	6,005	6,116	6,252	6,359	6,705	6,659	7,143	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
Lower Saxony	33,270	33,792	36,339	38,453	38,807	37,925	36,426	36,378	37,493	40,952	42,137	40,349	41,884	45,588	46,787	48,042	49,239	51,888	53,341	53,939	55,620	57,428	56,911	58,987	7.3	7.3	7.6	8.0	8.1	8.0	7.7	7.7	7.7	8.1	8.1	7.5	7.6	7.9	7.9	8.2	8.1	8.1	8.1	7.9	7.9	7.8	7.8	7.8
North Rhine-Westphalia	77,815	76,831	77,953	77,605	78,148	75,606	75,328	75,665	76,926	81,583	83,643	86,831	88,919	94,179	96,191	93,116	97,878	101,272	104,468	107,553	110,282	113,939	114,191	115,376	17.0	16.7	16.3	16.2	16.3	16.0	16.0	15.9	15.8	16.1	16.0	16.2	16.2	16.4	16.3	15.8	16.2	15.8	15.9	15.7	15.6	15.5	15.6	15.3
Rhineland-Palatinate	17,321	17,995	19,449	16,655	16,450	15,757	16,075	14,646	15,243	16,761	17,498	18,052	18,344	18,669	19,298	19,747	20,132	22,084	23,025	22,341	23,076	24,837	24,664	27,405	3.8	3.9	4.1	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.1	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.5	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.6
Saarland	2,618	2,718	2,675	2,701	2,751	2,850	2,881	2,827	2,795	3,358	3,289	3,434	4,009	3,868	4,215	4,345	4,385	4,634	4,826	5,189	5,264	5,592	5,596	5,841	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8
Saxony	20,267	22,302	22,569	21,894	21,704	20,418	19,885	20,286	20,784	23,756	24,902	24,910	25,635	26,557	27,371	27,232	27,458	28,628	29,304	30,892	31,830	32,775	33,172	34,131	4.4	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
Saxony-Anhalt	7,674	7,533	7,041	6,332	6,552	6,376	6,232	6,301	6,380	6,696	6,869	7,405	7,641	7,808	8,061	8,076	8,078	7,640	7,659	7,884	8,235	8,443	8,423	8,806	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.2
Schleswig-Holstein	8,252	8,188	7,494	7,954	7,956	7,516	7,323	7,731	8,020	8,164	8,386	8,932	9,335	10,044	10,495	10,680	11,140	10,708	10,999	11,557	11,886	12,311	12,126	12,670	1.8	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
Thuringia	8,453	9,079	8,744	9,644	9,885	9,226	9,080	9,624	9,687	9,871	10,391	10,489	10,858	11,086	11,425	11,201	11,285	11,176	11,236	12,101	12,488	12,761	12,949	13,954	1.8	2.0	1.8	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.9
Länder, total	458,807	460,032	479,244	480,241	479,601	472,204	470,308	474,923	487,553	506,059	523,131	534,575	548,300	574,671	590,808	588,183	604,818	640,099	657,455	685,477	706,079	735,091	733,361	753,449	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Of which: Eastern German Länder and Berlin	77,993	80,038	78,861	80,662	81,134	74,910	74,917	73,936	75,738	78,648	81,946	85,281	88,909	92,446	95,589	93,610	95,576	98,123	100,038	103,545	106,518	109,428	110,627	114,188	17.0	17.4	16.5	16.8	16.9	15.9	15.9	15.6	15.5	15.5	15.7	16.0	16.2	16.1	16.2	15.9	15.8	15.3	15.2	15.1	15.1	14.9	15.1	15.2
Abroad	331	372	355	365	403	329	421	356	381	391	374	400	423	428	453	432	435	416	439	872	1,625	493	470	491	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
Total	459,138	460,404	479,599	480,606	480,004	472,533	470,729	475,279	487,935	506,450	523,505	534,975	548,723	575,099	591,261	588,615	605,252	640,515	657,894	686,349	707,704	735,584	733,831	753,940	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m