BE · 2019 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Belgium, 2019
In 2019, Belgium's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 4.5% compared to 2018, reaching 1.85.
Belgium accounts for 131.2% of the EU-27 total of 1.41.
Belgium ranks 5th 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 25.0% (from 1.48 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.