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

In 1991, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 16.9% compared to 1990, reaching 8,002.

Ireland accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,434,489.

Ireland ranks 13th 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 46.9% (from 5,449 in 1986).

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