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

In 1999, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.7% compared to 1998, reaching 11,929.

Ireland accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 1,661,718.

Ireland ranks 19th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 37.8% (from 8,654 in 1994).

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