BG · 2021 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Bulgaria, 2021
In 2021, Bulgaria's research and development personnel by sector of performance decreased by 2.3% compared to 2020, reaching 0.85.
Bulgaria accounts for 56.7% of the EU-27 total of 1.50.
Bulgaria ranks 22nd 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 9.0% (from 0.78 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.