| Year | Number of R&D institutes and other budgetary research units | Number of higher education | Number of business enterprises | Number of R&D units |
|---|
| 1990 | 142 | 940 | 174 | 1 256 |
| 1991 | 133 | 1 000 | 124 | 1 257 |
| 1992 | 118 | 1 071 | 98 | 1 287 |
| 1993 | 124 | 1 078 | 178 | 1 380 |
| 1994 | 112 | 1 106 | 183 | 1 401 |
| 1995 | 107 | 1 109 | 226 | 1 442 |
| 1996 | 121 | 1 120 | 220 | 1 461 |
| 1997 | 131 | 1 302 | 246 | 1 679 |
| 1998 | 132 | 1 335 | 258 | 1 725 |
| 1999 | 130 | 1 363 | 394 | 1 887 |
| 2000 | 121 | 1 421 | 478 | 2 020 |
| 2001 | 133 | 1 574 | 630 | 2 337 |
| 2002 | 143 | 1 613 | 670 | 2 426 |
| 2003 | 168 | 1 628 | 674 | 2 470 |
| 2004 | 175 | 1 697 | 669 | 2 541 |
| 2005 | 201 | 1 566 | 749 | 2 516 |
| 2006 | 208 | 1 552 | 1 027 | 2 787 |
| 2007 | 219 | 1 496 | 1 125 | 2 840 |
| 2008 | 195 | 1 471 | 1 155 | 2 821 |
| 2009 | 197 | 1 394 | 1 307 | 2 898 |
| 2010 | 190 | 1 409 | 1 384 | 2 983 |
| 2011 | 188 | 1 380 | 1 432 | 3 000 |
| 2012 | 131 | 1 376 | 1 583 | 3 090 |
| 2013 | 130 | 1 317 | 1 712 | 3 159 |
| 2014 | 136 | 1 288 | 1 570 | 2 994 |
| 2015 | 135 | 1 253 | 1 413 | 2 801 |
| 2016 | 125 | 1 311 | 1 291 | 2 727 |
| 2017 | 119 | 1 346 | 1 644 | 3 109 |
| 2018 | 127 | 1 333 | 2 031 | 3 491 |
| 2019 | 142 | 1 331 | 2 082 | 3 555 |