IT · 2021 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Italy, 2021
In 2021, Italy's research and development personnel by sector of performance decreased by 3.5% compared to 2020, reaching 1.38.
Italy accounts for 92.0% of the EU-27 total of 1.50.
Italy ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 19.0% (from 1.16 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.