IE · 2011 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Ireland, 2011
In 2011, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 9.5% compared to 2010, reaching 21,591.
Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 2,256,720.
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 23.8% (from 17,444 in 2006).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.