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

In 2024, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 3.5% compared to 2023, reaching 45,254.

Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 3,391,150.

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 37.4% (from 32,929 in 2019).

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