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

In 1988, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.2% compared to 1987, reaching 5,827.

Ireland ranks 10th out of 10 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 15.4% (from 5,050 in 1983).

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