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

In 2010, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 0.1% compared to 2009, reaching 19,722.

Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,191,089.

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 18.2% (from 16,690 in 2005).

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