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

In 2007, Estonia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.5% compared to 2006, reaching 5,002.

Estonia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,026,324.

Estonia ranks 24th 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 21.1% (from 4,129 in 2002).

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