IE · 1998 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Ireland, 1998
In 1998, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 7.3% compared to 1997, reaching 11,613.
Ireland accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 1,629,345.
Ireland ranks 18th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 48.2% (from 7,837 in 1993).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.