IE · 2001 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Ireland, 2001
In 2001, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.3% compared to 2000, reaching 13,317.
Ireland accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 1,747,667.
Ireland ranks 18th 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 33.2% (from 9,999 in 1996).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.