EE · 2021 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Estonia, 2021
In 2021, Estonia's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 6.2% compared to 2020, reaching 1.03.
Estonia accounts for 68.7% of the EU-27 total of 1.50.
Estonia ranks 20th 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 18.4% (from 0.87 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.