IE · 2014 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Ireland, 2014
In 2014, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.1% compared to 2013, reaching 33,494.
Ireland accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 2,399,423.
Ireland ranks 16th 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 70.0% (from 19,705 in 2009).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.