IT · 1997 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Italy, 1997
In 1997, Italy's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 0.4% compared to 1996, reaching 141,737.
Italy accounts for 8.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,595,521.
Italy ranks 3rd out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.8% (from 142,855 in 1992).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.