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

In 1987, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.7% compared to 1986, reaching 5,704.

Ireland ranks 12th out of 12 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 15.0% (from 4,960 in 1982).

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