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

In 2020, Estonia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 0.9% compared to 2019, reaching 6,449.

Estonia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,961,312.

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 14.4% (from 5,636 in 2015).

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