FI · 2016 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Finland, 2016
In 2016, Finland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 5.8% compared to 2015, reaching 47,429.
Finland accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,556,167.
Finland ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 13.0% (from 54,526 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.