DE · 2008 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Germany, 2008
In 2008, Germany's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 3.4% compared to 2007, reaching 523,505.
Germany accounts for 24.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,121,931.
Germany ranks 1st out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.8% (from 472,533 in 2003).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.