BG · 2008 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Bulgaria, 2008
In 2008, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.6% compared to 2007, reaching 17,219.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,121,931.
Bulgaria ranks 17th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 11.4% (from 15,453 in 2003).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.