Technicians in R&D and equivalent staff are people whose main tasks require technical knowledge and experience in engineering, physical and life sciences (technicians), or social sciences and humanities (equivalent staff). They participate in R&D by performing scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods, normally under the supervision of researchers.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 2,169.0 | 2,373.7 | 2,579.5 | 2,648.1 | |||||||
| Belgium | 1,403.2 | 1,426.6 | 1,316.5 | 1,377.9 | |||||||
| Cyprus | 279.6 | 366.9 | 257.2 | 256.4 | 236.8 | 236.6 | 264.5 | 257.0 | 271.4 | 325.1 | |
| Estonia | 378.8 | 418.3 | 680.9 | 662.0 | 708.9 | 802.1 | 676.1 | 675.1 | 710.2 | 654.8 | |
| France | 1,720.7 | 1,882.4 | 1,876.4 | 1,874.2 | 1,836.1 | 1,809.3 | 1,798.4 | 1,804.9 | 1,805.5 | ||
| Germany | 1,159.0 | 1,400.7 | 1,725.5 | 1,733.3 | 1,709.5 | 1,883.2 | 1,909.9 | 1,945.7 | 2,006.7 | ||
| Greece | 752.8 | 585.1 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 686.7 | 734.8 | 670.1 | 794.0 | 874.5 | 1,009.2 | 1,045.9 | 1,161.9 | 1,152.0 | 1,164.6 | |
| Latvia | 266.3 | 471.6 | 431.8 | 391.2 | |||||||
| Lithuania | 506.6 | 429.4 | 541.3 | 462.5 | |||||||
| Luxembourg | 3,402.5 | 3,362.8 | 3,289.3 | 2,954.3 | 2,941.3 | 3,094.0 | 3,285.5 | 3,109.1 | 3,166.0 | ||
| Netherlands | 1,514.3 | 1,421.4 | 1,326.4 | 2,037.7 | |||||||
| Portugal | 259.9 | 277.7 | 377.9 | 339.9 | 338.2 | 742.3 | 709.2 | 752.8 | 701.0 | 780.1 | |
| Slovak Republic | 666.2 | 415.8 | 386.2 | 355.0 | 383.9 | 329.4 | 366.5 | 389.2 | 412.1 | 484.1 | 520.6 |
| Slovenia | 1,616.4 | 1,413.6 | 1,922.3 | 2,459.4 | 2,313.1 | 2,522.9 | 2,392.3 | 2,399.6 | 2,373.9 | 1,814.2 | |
| Spain | 627.6 | 906.5 | 1,293.3 | 1,243.6 | 1,233.0 | 1,210.8 | 1,163.1 | 1,189.6 | 1,189.2 | 1,264.9 | |
| Malta | 548.6 | 808.7 | 974.4 | 912.7 | 807.2 | 948.4 | 765.8 | 743.0 | 886.0 |