R&D personnel

In 2023, 123 thousand people were employed in research and development in the Czech Republic. In terms of full-time work spent on research and development, there were 85.5 thousand people. The share of full-time equivalent persons in R&D in the total number of employees was 1.6%. The Czech Republic has one of the lowest share of women in research and development within the European Union. The share of women in research and development personnel in the Czech Republic is lower than 30% in the long term.

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	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
	Headcount as at 31 December
Total	99,875	107,733	113,447	117,075	118,044	121,640	122,954	122,903
Business enterprise sector	51,069	55,232	58,409	60,247	60,695	63,544	65,398	66,160
Higher education sector	31,915	34,234	36,177	37,442	37,871	38,865	38,129	37,759
Government sector	16,615	17,941	18,598	19,009	19,065	18,815	18,866	18,190
Private non-profit	276	327	263	377	414	416	561	794
	Full-time equivalent persons
Total	65,783	69,736	74,969	79,245	80,958	84,671	86,125	85,468
Business enterprise sector	37,263	39,968	42,349	44,792	46,234	49,019	50,662	51,174
Higher education sector	15,201	15,803	18,226	19,647	20,007	20,911	20,845	19,885
Government sector	13,099	13,689	14,163	14,530	14,438	14,446	14,234	13,805
Private non-profit	220	276	232	276	278	295	383	604

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	99,875	107,733	113,447	117,075	118,044	121,640	122,954	122,903
men	69,606	75,158	79,004	81,693	81,854	84,293	84,749	84,496
women	30,269	32,576	34,442	35,382	36,191	37,347	38,205	38,407
professional position
Researchers	56,178	59,789	61,966	63,690	65,193	69,536	71,182	71,241
Technicians	29,915	32,193	34,617	36,808	36,151	35,769	35,808	35,609
Other supporting staff	13,782	15,752	16,863	16,577	16,700	16,335	15,964	16,053
field of science
Natural sciences	28,424	31,040	33,342	35,497	36,637	39,493	40,728	39,039
Engineering and technology	43,970	47,773	50,170	50,916	50,086	50,545	50,766	52,468
Medical and health sciences	9,494	10,418	10,919	11,294	11,988	12,528	12,531	12,755
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	4,379	4,451	4,654	5,036	5,329	5,315	5,366	5,090
Social sciences	8,448	8,618	8,725	8,463	7,960	7,789	7,621	7,695
Humanities and the arts	5,159	5,434	5,637	5,869	6,044	5,970	5,942	5,856

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	65,783	69,736	74,969	79,245	80,958	84,671	86,125	85,468
men	47,123	50,146	53,538	56,426	57,799	60,500	61,394	60,839
women	18,660	19,590	21,432	22,819	23,160	24,171	24,731	24,630
professional position
Researchers	37,338	39,181	41,198	42,500	44,206	48,080	49,402	48,775
Technicians	19,421	20,826	23,319	25,746	25,946	25,951	26,244	25,981
Other supporting staff	9,024	9,729	10,452	10,998	10,806	10,639	10,479	10,713
field of science
Natural sciences	21,912	23,435	25,164	27,329	28,546	30,705	31,556	30,169
Engineering and technology	30,106	32,138	33,776	35,505	35,739	36,596	37,572	38,702
Medical and health sciences	4,090	4,177	4,847	5,249	5,352	5,611	5,540	5,516
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	2,684	2,780	3,161	3,268	3,820	4,057	4,003	3,809
Social sciences	3,782	3,864	4,318	3,959	3,550	3,716	3,548	3,587
Humanities and the arts	3,209	3,341	3,703	3,935	3,951	3,985	3,906	3,685

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