IE · 1997 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Ireland, 1997
In 1997, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 8.3% compared to 1996, reaching 10,826.
Ireland accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 1,595,521.
Ireland ranks 19th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 27.5% (from 8,488 in 1992).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.