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

In 1989, Italy's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 3.6% compared to 1988, reaching 140,496.

Italy ranks 3rd out of 14 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 24.5% (from 112,884 in 1984).

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