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

In 1998, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.6% compared to 1997, reaching 19,116.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 1,629,345.

Bulgaria ranks 15th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 54.1% (from 41,606 in 1993).

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