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

In 2010, Germany's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.6% compared to 2009, reaching 548,723.

Germany accounts for 25.0% of the EU-27 total of 2,191,089.

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 15.5% (from 475,278 in 2005).

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