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

In 2010, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 9.1% compared to 2009, reaching 16,574.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,191,089.

Bulgaria ranks 18th 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 4.5% (from 15,853 in 2005).

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