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

In 2002, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.0% compared to 2001, reaching 13,582.

Ireland accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 1,772,992.

Ireland ranks 17th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 25.5% (from 10,826 in 1997).

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