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

In 2021, Estonia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.2% compared to 2020, reaching 6,783.

Estonia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 3,102,980.

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 19.0% (from 5,701 in 2016).

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