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

In 2023, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 8.2% compared to 2022, reaching 43,714.

Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 3,330,043.

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 40.4% (from 31,126 in 2018).

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