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

In 2007, Belgium's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.0% compared to 2006, reaching 57,963.

Belgium accounts for 2.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,026,324.

Belgium ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.4% (from 52,054 in 2002).

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