BG · 2015 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Bulgaria, 2015
In 2015, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 16.3% compared to 2014, reaching 22,492.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,477,699.
Bulgaria ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 35.7% (from 16,574 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.