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

In 2016, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 11.4% compared to 2015, reaching 25,060.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 2,556,167.

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 47.5% (from 16,986 in 2011).

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