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

In 2024, Croatia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 0.7% compared to 2023, reaching 16,550.

Croatia accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,391,150.

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 14.2% (from 14,492 in 2019).

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