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

In 1986, Italy's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 3.8% compared to 1985, reaching 122,352.

Italy ranks 2nd out of 9 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 19.0% (from 102,836 in 1981).

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