DE · 2020 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Germany, 2020
In 2020, Germany's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 1.7% compared to 2019, reaching 1.81.
Germany accounts for 124.8% of the EU-27 total of 1.45.
Germany ranks 6th 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 13.8% (from 1.59 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.