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

In 2019, Belgium's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.6% compared to 2018, reaching 93,524.

Belgium accounts for 3.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,922,303.

Belgium ranks 7th 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 28.5% (from 72,794 in 2014).

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