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

In 1988, Italy's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.8% compared to 1987, reaching 135,665.

Italy ranks 3rd out of 10 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 20.3% (from 112,743 in 1983).

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