DE · 2018 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Germany, 2018
In 2018, Germany's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 3.0% compared to 2017, reaching 1.72.
Germany accounts for 125.5% of the EU-27 total of 1.37.
Germany ranks 7th 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 17.0% (from 1.47 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.