BE · 2020 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Belgium, 2020
In 2020, Belgium's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 3.8% compared to 2019, reaching 1.92.
Belgium accounts for 132.4% of the EU-27 total of 1.45.
Belgium ranks 3rd 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 22.3% (from 1.57 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.