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

In 1988, Belgium's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 0.1% compared to 1987, reaching 36,770.

Belgium ranks 7th out of 10 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 33,032 in 1983).

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