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

In 2016, Germany's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.7% compared to 2015, reaching 657,894.

Germany accounts for 25.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,556,167.

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 14.4% (from 575,100 in 2011).

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