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

In 2018, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 7.9% compared to 2017, reaching 31,126.

Ireland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 2,831,547.

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 fallen by 2.3% (from 31,870 in 2013).

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