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

In 1995, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 11.6% compared to 1994, reaching 9,662.

Ireland accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,570,376.

Ireland ranks 19th out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 41.1% (from 6,846 in 1990).

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