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

In 1989, Belgium's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 9.0% compared to 1988, reaching 40,065.

Belgium ranks 8th out of 14 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 20.0% (from 33,390 in 1984).

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