IE · 2003 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Ireland, 2003
In 2003, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 6.4% compared to 2002, reaching 14,450.
Ireland accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 1,786,335.
Ireland ranks 17th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 24.4% (from 11,613 in 1998).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.