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

In 2024, Italy's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.0% compared to 2023, reaching 351,433.

Italy accounts for 10.4% of the EU-27 total of 3,391,150.

Italy ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.2% (from 355,854 in 2019).

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