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

In 2023, Germany's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.0% compared to 2022, reaching 824,396.

Germany accounts for 24.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,330,043.

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 16.5% (from 707,704 in 2018).

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