DE · 2015 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Germany, 2015
In 2015, Germany's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.8% compared to 2014, reaching 640,516.
Germany accounts for 25.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,477,699.
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 16.7% (from 548,723 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.