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

In 2010, Malta's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 20.9% compared to 2009, reaching 1,102.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 2,191,089.

Malta ranks 26th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 33.6% (from 825 in 2005).

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