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

In 2021, Finland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.5% compared to 2020, reaching 56,488.

Finland accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,102,980.

Finland ranks 15th 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 19.1% (from 47,429 in 2016).

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