BE · 2021 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Belgium, 2021
In 2021, Belgium's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 21.4% compared to 2020, reaching 2.33.
Belgium accounts for 155.3% of the EU-27 total of 1.50.
Belgium ranks 1st 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 46.5% (from 1.59 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.