BE · 2022 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Belgium, 2022
In 2022, Belgium's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 0.9% compared to 2021, reaching 118,039.
Belgium accounts for 3.7% of the EU-27 total of 3,221,015.
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 42.8% (from 82,686 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.