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

In 2006, Germany's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.7% compared to 2005, reaching 487,935.

Germany accounts for 24.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,958,874.

Germany ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.5% (from 480,606 in 2001).

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