BG · 2022 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Bulgaria, 2022
In 2022, Bulgaria's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 7.1% compared to 2021, reaching 0.91.
Bulgaria accounts for 59.5% of the EU-27 total of 1.53.
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 28.2% (from 0.71 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.