BG · 2023 · tsc00004
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
Bulgaria, 2023
Total researchers by sector of performance - full time equivalent
16,356
Bulgaria, 2023
▼ 6.5% vs 2022 (17,487)
Analysis
In 2023, Bulgaria's total researchers by sector of performance decreased by 6.5% compared to 2022, reaching 16,356.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,155,632.
Bulgaria ranks 19th 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 1.0% (from 16,521 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00004, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
0.8%
EU-27: 2,155,632
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2013 2024
Source:
Eurostat · tsc00004