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

In 1999, Belgium's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 6.6% compared to 1998, reaching 49,466.

Belgium accounts for 3.0% of the EU-27 total of 1,661,718.

Belgium ranks 9th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 27.6% (from 38,767 in 1994).

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