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

In 2023, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 6.2% compared to 2022, reaching 25,410.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,330,043.

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 fallen by 1.5% (from 25,809 in 2018).

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