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

In 2021, Germany's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.7% compared to 2020, reaching 753,940.

Germany accounts for 24.3% of the EU-27 total of 3,102,980.

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 14.6% (from 657,894 in 2016).

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