IE · 2004 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Ireland, 2004
In 2004, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 8.7% compared to 2003, reaching 15,713.
Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,825,054.
Ireland ranks 16th 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 31.7% (from 11,929 in 1999).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.