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

In 1998, Germany's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 0.2% compared to 1997, reaching 461,539.

Germany accounts for 28.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,629,345.

Germany ranks 1st out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.9% (from 475,157 in 1993).

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