IE · 2009 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Ireland, 2009
In 2009, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 1.6% compared to 2008, reaching 19,705.
Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,140,966.
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 25.4% (from 15,713 in 2004).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.