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

In 2020, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.9% compared to 2019, reaching 34,543.

Ireland accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,961,312.

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 7.8% (from 32,052 in 2015).

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