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

In 2018, Estonia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.2% compared to 2017, reaching 6,183.

Estonia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,831,547.

Estonia ranks 23rd 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 5.5% (from 5,858 in 2013).

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