BG · 2002 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Bulgaria, 2002
In 2002, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 2001, reaching 15,029.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 1,772,992.
Bulgaria ranks 15th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 19.3% (from 18,625 in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.