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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemanha | 1.159 | 1.401 | 1.725 | 1.733 | 1.710 | 1.883 | 1.910 | 1.946 | 2.007 | ||
| Bélgica | 1.403 | 1.427 | 1.316 | 1.378 | |||||||
| Bulgária | 479 | 491 | 499 | 442 | |||||||
| República Checa | 711 | 1.343 | 1.516 | 1.619 | 1.740 | 1.788 | 1.874 | 1.825 | 1.829 | 1.957 | 2.186 |
| Látvia | 266 | 472 | 432 | 391 | |||||||
| Hungria | 505 | 455 | 601 | 657 | 709 | 788 | 697 | 727 | 641 | 770 | |
| Lituânia | 507 | 429 | 541 | 462 | |||||||
| Canadá | 1.241 | 1.642 | 1.521 | 1.555 | 1.370 | 1.378 | 1.353 | 1.456 | 1.248 | 1.268 | |
| Croácia | 395 | 601 | 601 | 621 | 617 | 659 | 677 | 746 | 638 | 714 | |
| Estônia | 379 | 418 | 681 | 662 | 709 | 802 | 676 | 675 | 710 | 655 | |
| Grécia | 753 | 585 | |||||||||
| Isândia | 2.267 | 1.868 | 1.639 | 2.101 | 2.371 | ||||||
| Holanda | 1.514 | 1.421 | 1.326 | 2.038 | |||||||
| Polônia | 354 | 233 | 285 | 360 | 421 | 385 | 439 | 444 | 400 | 415 | |
| Portugal | 260 | 278 | 378 | 340 | 338 | 742 | 709 | 753 | 701 | 780 | |
| Romênia | 293 | 233 | 153 | 252 | 252 | 248 | 225 | 267 | 275 | 279 | |
| Eslováquia | 666 | 416 | 386 | 355 | 384 | 329 | 367 | 389 | 412 | 484 | 521 |
| Eslovênia | 1.616 | 1.414 | 1.922 | 2.459 | 2.313 | 2.523 | 2.392 | 2.400 | 2.374 | 1.814 | |
| Espanha | 628 | 907 | 1.293 | 1.244 | 1.233 | 1.211 | 1.163 | 1.190 | 1.189 | 1.265 | |
| Turquia | 37 | 70 | 143 | 172 | 190 | 198 | 208 | 221 | 316 | 354 | |
| Dinamarca | 1.989 | 2.261 | 2.124 | ||||||||
| França | 1.721 | 1.882 | 1.876 | 1.874 | 1.836 | 1.809 | 1.798 | 1.805 | 1.806 | ||
| Luxemburgo | 3.402 | 3.363 | 3.289 | 2.954 | 2.941 | 3.094 | 3.285 | 3.109 | 3.166 | ||
| Reino Unido | 688 | 934 | 1.140 | 1.061 | 1.188 | 1.255 | 1.350 | 1.305 | |||
| Montenegro | 103 | 102 | 203 | 129 | 175 | 156 |