AT · 2017 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Austria, 2017
In 2017, Austria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.1% compared to 2016, reaching 76,010.
Austria accounts for 2.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,692,860.
Austria ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 16.8% (from 65,088 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.