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

In 1989, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 8.6% compared to 1988, reaching 6,328.

Ireland ranks 14th out of 14 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 21.0% (from 5,230 in 1984).

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