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

In 2021, Belgium's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 24.2% compared to 2020, reaching 119,165.

Belgium accounts for 3.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,102,980.

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 51.5% (from 78,668 in 2016).

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