IT · 2023 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Italy, 2023
In 2023, Italy's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 2.2% compared to 2022, reaching 1.41.
Italy accounts for 89.8% of the EU-27 total of 1.57.
Italy ranks 15th 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 2.2% (from 1.38 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.