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

In 2024, Germany's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.9% compared to 2023, reaching 839,700.

Germany accounts for 24.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,391,150.

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 14.2% (from 735,584 in 2019).

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