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

In 2007, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.1% compared to 2006, reaching 18,157.

Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,026,324.

Ireland ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 33.7% (from 13,582 in 2002).

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