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

In 1987, Italy's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.8% compared to 1986, reaching 128,175.

Italy ranks 3rd out of 12 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 21.0% (from 105,927 in 1982).

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