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

In 2016, Luxembourg's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.7% compared to 2015, reaching 5,403.

Luxembourg accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,556,167.

Luxembourg ranks 24th 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 4.1% (from 5,191 in 2011).

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