BG · 2012 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Bulgaria, 2012
In 2012, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 1.3% compared to 2011, reaching 16,758.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,321,035.
Bulgaria ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.1% (from 16,940 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.