Number of personnel engaged in research and development by categories in the Russian Federation
persons
The indicator reflects the total number of personnel performing research and development, including researchers and technical support staff. All specialists at all levels working on a permanent or temporary basis are included. All data are presented in absolute values by year
Dynamics of the number of personnel engaged in research and development in Russia from 2000 to 2025
- Number of personnel – total
- Number of personnel — researchers
- Number of personnel — technicians
- Number of personnel — supporting personnel
- Number of personnel — other personnel
Set in numbers
5 series are published here in persons, from 2000 to 2025, 18 reporting periods. 90 values in total.
Between 2000 and 2025 “Number of personnel – total” declined from 887,729 to 673,639 — 24.1%. The lowest value in the series is 662,702 in 2021.
All table numbers are series: 5
| Series | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Численность персонала – всего | 887 729,00 | 813 207,00 | 736 540,00 | 735 273,00 | 726 318,00 | 727 029,00 | 732 274,00 | 738 857,00 | 722 291,00 | 707 887,00 | 682 580,00 | 682 464,00 | 679 333,00 | 662 702,00 | 669 870,00 | 670 614,00 | 675 696,00 | 673 639,00 |
| Численность персонала — исследователи | 425 954,00 | 391 121,00 | 368 915,00 | 374 746,00 | 372 620,00 | 369 015,00 | 373 905,00 | 379 411,00 | 370 379,00 | 359 793,00 | 347 854,00 | 348 221,00 | 346 497,00 | 340 142,00 | 340 666,00 | 338 900,00 | 339 104,00 | 340 791,00 |
| Численность персонала — техники | 75 184,00 | 65 982,00 | 59 276,00 | 61 562,00 | 58 905,00 | 61 401,00 | 63 168,00 | 62 805,00 | 60 441,00 | 59 690,00 | 57 722,00 | 58 681,00 | 59 557,00 | 60 474,00 | 61 369,00 | 62 155,00 | 64 426,00 | 62 966,00 |
| Численность персонала — вспомогательный персонал | 240 506,00 | 215 555,00 | 183 713,00 | 178 494,00 | 175 790,00 | 175 365,00 | 173 554,00 | 174 056,00 | 171 915,00 | 170 347,00 | 160 591,00 | 160 864,00 | 158 298,00 | 152 066,00 | 154 750,00 | 155 084,00 | 156 071,00 | 153 898,00 |
| Численность персонала — прочий персонал | 146 085,00 | 140 549,00 | 124 636,00 | 120 471,00 | 119 003,00 | 121 248,00 | 121 647,00 | 122 585,00 | 119 556,00 | 118 057,00 | 116 413,00 | 114 698,00 | 114 981,00 | 110 020,00 | 113 085,00 | 114 475,00 | 116 095,00 | 115 984,00 |
How to read this table
In addition to the total number, separate categories are provided: researchers and technicians. Comparing these rows shows how the structure of staffing in science is changing. The ratio of categories may vary in different years under the influence of external factors
What is visible in these numbers
The largest value belongs to “ — 673,639 persons; the smallest is “ at 62,966 persons. The gap between them is 10.7-fold.
The same indicator for other periods
More in the section Science, innovation and technology»
Period and application
The dataset covers the period from 2000 to 2025. Rosstat updates the data annually based on organisations' reporting. The information will be useful for analysing the personnel potential of Russian science
1) Без учета статистической информации по Донецкой Народной Республике (ДНР), Луганской Народной Республике (ЛНР), Запорожской и Херсонской областям
Did you notice an error in this table? The parser is wrong, and most often one correction fixes many pages
Typo is easier this way: highlight it and press Ctrl + Enter