R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex

In 1986, Belgium's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 3.9% compared to 1985, reaching 36,203.

Belgium ranks 6th out of 9 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.3% (from 32,531 in 1981).

Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.