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

In 2007, Germany's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 3.8% compared to 2006, reaching 506,450.

Germany accounts for 25.0% of the EU-27 total of 2,026,324.

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 5.5% (from 480,004 in 2002).

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