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

In 2021, Croatia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 6.5% compared to 2020, reaching 16,528.

Croatia accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,102,980.

Croatia ranks 21st 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 43.3% (from 11,536 in 2016).

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