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

In 2019, Germany's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 3.9% compared to 2018, reaching 735,584.

Germany accounts for 25.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,922,303.

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 21.5% (from 605,253 in 2014).

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