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

In 2016, Cyprus's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 8.8% compared to 2015, reaching 1,356.

Cyprus accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 2,556,167.

Cyprus ranks 27th 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 4.4% (from 1,299 in 2011).

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