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

In 2024, Belgium's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 3.3% compared to 2023, reaching 123,728.

Belgium accounts for 3.6% of the EU-27 total of 3,391,150.

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 32.3% (from 93,524 in 2019).

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