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

In 1986, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.0% compared to 1985, reaching 5,449.

Ireland ranks 9th out of 9 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.0% (from 4,953 in 1981).

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