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

In 2002, Germany's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 0.1% compared to 2001, reaching 480,004.

Germany accounts for 27.1% of the EU-27 total of 1,772,992.

Germany ranks 1st out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.3% (from 460,411 in 1997).

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