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

In 1987, Belgium's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.4% compared to 1986, reaching 36,727.

Belgium ranks 8th out of 12 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.2% (from 33,042 in 1982).

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