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

In 2024, Denmark's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.3% compared to 2023, reaching 71,636.

Denmark accounts for 2.1% of the EU-27 total of 3,391,150.

Denmark ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 15.1% (from 62,229 in 2019).

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