DE · 2021 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Germany, 2021
In 2021, Germany's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 1.7% compared to 2020, reaching 1.84.
Germany accounts for 122.7% of the EU-27 total of 1.50.
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 15.0% (from 1.60 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.