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Expenditure in research and development activities (R&D): total and of enterprises sector in Portugal
Inventions/patents: concessions made via the Portuguese process to residents in Portugal, total and by type of applicant in Portugal
Researchers (FTE) in research and development activities (R&D): total and of enterprises sector
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Total R&D personnel (FTE)
Enterprises
2024
65,282.8
Full-time Equival...
1982
3,962.5
Full-time Equival...
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R&D personnel (FTE)
Total
Enterprises
1982
3,962.5
654.8
1984
4,454.5
678.2
1986
5,722.9
784.4
1988
6,560.8
926.0
1990
7,736.3
1,007.7
1992
9,451.0
993.4
1995
11,599.2
1,075.5
1997
13,642.3
1,192.8
1999
15,751.6
1,994.3
2001
17,725.1
2,721.9
2003
20,242.0
3,793.9
2005
21,126.3
4,013.6
2007
28,175.9
8,477.0
2008
┴
40,408.0
┴
10,311.5
2009
39,834.1
10,160.0
2010
41,523.4
10,571.8
2011
44,056.0
12,198.2
2012
42,498.2
11,931.1
2013
┴
37,813.4
┴
10,024.8
2014
38,155.4
11,203.2
2015
38,671.6
11,784.6
2016
41,349.4
13,425.9
2017
44,937.5
15,407.2
2018
47,651.7
16,746.1
2019
50,166.5
19,220.2
2020
53,174.3
21,978.9
2021
56,365.5
24,788.5
2022
59,160.1
26,536.7
2023
62,410.4
28,340.8
2024
65,282.8
30,635.1
Sources/Entities: DGEEC/MECI, PORDATA
Last updated: 2026-01-06
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