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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Belgium | 1,403.2 | 1,426.6 | 1,316.5 | 1,377.9 | |||||||
| Bulgaria | 479.2 | 491.5 | 498.9 | 442.2 | |||||||
| 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 | |
| Czechia | 711.3 | 1,342.6 | 1,515.7 | 1,619.1 | 1,739.6 | 1,788.4 | 1,873.8 | 1,825.2 | 1,828.9 | 1,957.2 | 2,186.4 |
| Latvia | 266.3 | 471.6 | 431.8 | 391.2 | |||||||
| Hungary | 505.5 | 455.2 | 601.1 | 657.5 | 708.9 | 787.9 | 696.9 | 727.4 | 641.0 | 770.3 | |
| Lithuania | 506.6 | 429.4 | 541.3 | 462.5 | |||||||
| Canada | 1,240.7 | 1,642.3 | 1,520.8 | 1,555.0 | 1,369.9 | 1,378.3 | 1,353.0 | 1,455.6 | 1,247.8 | 1,268.4 | |
| Austria | 2,169.0 | 2,373.7 | 2,579.5 | 2,648.1 | |||||||
| Croatia | 395.2 | 601.4 | 600.9 | 621.4 | 617.1 | 659.4 | 676.5 | 745.8 | 638.2 | 714.1 | |
| 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 | |
| Greece | 752.8 | 585.1 | |||||||||
| Iceland | 2,266.9 | 1,868.2 | 1,639.5 | 2,100.9 | 2,371.5 | ||||||
| North Macedonia | 114.5 | 81.5 | 82.0 | 59.6 | 109.3 | 53.3 | 67.8 | 74.4 | 85.0 | 91.9 | 91.1 |
| Netherlands | 1,514.3 | 1,421.4 | 1,326.4 | 2,037.7 | |||||||
| Poland | 354.0 | 233.2 | 285.4 | 359.8 | 420.6 | 384.7 | 438.5 | 443.6 | 399.8 | 415.3 | |
| Portugal | 259.9 | 277.7 | 377.9 | 339.9 | 338.2 | 742.3 | 709.2 | 752.8 | 701.0 | 780.1 | |
| Romania | 292.8 | 233.4 | 153.3 | 252.4 | 251.9 | 248.0 | 225.1 | 267.4 | 275.4 | 278.8 | |
| Russian Federation | 570.3 | 516.8 | 474.2 | 490.5 | 475.2 | 483.3 | 496.6 | 483.6 | 460.9 | 451.2 | 437.8 |
| 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 | |
| Switzerland | 2,320.9 | 2,682.8 | 2,935.2 | 2,619.7 | |||||||
| Turkiye | 37.3 | 70.0 | 143.1 | 172.3 | 190.0 | 198.0 | 208.3 | 220.5 | 316.2 | 353.7 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.6 | 39.7 | 40.8 | 52.1 | 66.1 | 63.7 | 67.0 | 50.9 | |||
| Uzbekistan | 83.5 | 66.6 | 58.5 | 61.1 | 57.3 | 58.5 | 59.3 | 62.3 | 45.7 | 48.1 | |
| Malta | 548.6 | 808.7 | 974.4 | 912.7 | 807.2 | 948.4 | 765.8 | 743.0 | 886.0 | ||
| Denmark | 1,988.6 | 2,260.5 | 2,123.6 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Moldova | 93.0 | 80.6 | 66.3 | 65.7 | 73.6 | 68.6 | 67.5 | 73.5 | 70.8 | 60.4 | |
| United Kingdom | 688.3 | 934.3 | 1,140.1 | 1,061.3 | 1,188.2 | 1,255.5 | 1,350.0 | 1,305.4 | |||
| Kazakhstan | 27.9 | 28.1 | 64.1 | 176.9 | 184.0 | 161.8 | 149.2 | 123.8 | 123.9 | ||
| Serbia | 334.8 | 300.0 | 312.5 | 324.7 | 350.8 | 420.3 | 430.9 | 410.8 | 412.0 | ||
| Sweden | 2,027.5 | ||||||||||
| Ukraine | 285.0 | 262.5 | 238.1 | 216.6 | 190.8 | 186.7 | 178.1 | 159.6 | 150.1 | ||
| Montenegro | 103.3 | 102.2 | 202.7 | 129.4 | 175.4 | 156.2 | |||||
| Georgia | 136.6 | 191.6 | 173.3 | 190.9 | 195.4 | 241.6 | |||||
| Monaco | 147.7 |