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

In 2013, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 8.8% compared to 2012, reaching 31,870.

Ireland accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 2,355,600.

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 59.2% (from 20,018 in 2008).

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