R&D personnel

In 2024, almost 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 86.9 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 females in research and development within the European Union. The share of females in research and development personnel in the Czech Republic is lower than 30% in the long term.

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	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
	Headcount as at 31 December
Total	107,733	113,447	117,075	118,044	121,640	122,954	122,903	122,683
Business enterprise sector	55,232	58,409	60,247	60,695	63,544	65,398	66,160	65,630
Higher education sector	34,234	36,177	37,442	37,871	38,865	38,129	37,759	37,535
Government sector	17,941	18,598	19,009	19,065	18,815	18,866	18,190	18,703
Private non-profit	327	263	377	414	416	561	794	815
	Full-time equivalent persons
Total	69,736	74,969	79,245	80,958	84,671	86,125	85,468	86,948
Business enterprise sector	39,968	42,349	44,792	46,234	49,019	50,662	51,174	51,740
Higher education sector	15,803	18,226	19,647	20,007	20,911	20,845	19,885	20,831
Government sector	13,689	14,163	14,530	14,438	14,446	14,234	13,805	13,737
Private non-profit	276	232	276	278	295	383	604	640

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Total	107,733	113,447	117,075	118,044	121,640	122,954	122,903	122,683
Males	75,158	79,004	81,693	81,854	84,293	84,749	84,496	84,463
Females	32,576	34,442	35,382	36,191	37,347	38,205	38,407	38,220
professional position									,
Researchers	59,789	61,966	63,690	65,193	69,536	71,182	71,241	70,371
Technicians and equivalent staff	32,193	34,617	36,808	36,151	35,769	35,808	35,609	36,609
Other supporting staff	15,752	16,863	16,577	16,700	16,335	15,964	16,053	15,703
field of science									,
Natural sciences	31,040	33,342	35,497	36,637	39,493	40,728	39,039	40,268
Engineering and technology	47,773	50,170	50,916	50,086	50,545	50,766	52,468	52,060
Medical and health sciences	10,418	10,919	11,294	11,988	12,528	12,531	12,755	12,037
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	4,451	4,654	5,036	5,329	5,315	5,366	5,090	4,970
Social sciences	8,618	8,725	8,463	7,960	7,789	7,621	7,695	7,653
Humanities and the arts	5,434	5,637	5,869	6,044	5,970	5,942	5,856	5,695

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Total	69,736	74,969	79,245	80,958	84,671	86,125	85,468	86,948
Males	50,146	53,538	56,426	57,799	60,500	61,394	60,839	61,962
Females	19,590	21,432	22,819	23,160	24,171	24,731	24,630	24,985
professional position									,
Researchers	39,181	41,198	42,500	44,206	48,080	49,402	48,775	49,417
Technicians and equivalent staff	20,826	23,319	25,746	25,946	25,951	26,244	25,981	26,761
Other supporting staff	9,729	10,452	10,998	10,806	10,639	10,479	10,713	10,770
field of science									,
Natural sciences	23,435	25,164	27,329	28,546	30,705	31,556	30,169	31,488
Engineering and technology	32,138	33,776	35,505	35,739	36,596	37,572	38,702	38,918
Medical and health sciences	4,177	4,847	5,249	5,352	5,611	5,540	5,516	5,457
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	2,780	3,161	3,268	3,820	4,057	4,003	3,809	3,566
Social sciences	3,864	4,318	3,959	3,550	3,716	3,548	3,587	3,782
Humanities and the arts	3,341	3,703	3,935	3,951	3,985	3,906	3,685	3,738

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R&D personnel

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