BG · 2019 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Bulgaria, 2019
In 2019, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.3% compared to 2018, reaching 26,399.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,922,303.
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 36.5% (from 19,335 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.