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

In 2020, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 1.2% compared to 2019, reaching 26,085.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,961,312.

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 16.0% (from 22,492 in 2015).

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