MT · 2021 · tsc00003
Total researchers by sector of performance - head count
Malta, 2021
In 2021, Malta's total researchers by sector of performance increased by 6.8% compared to 2020, reaching 1,759.
Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 2,988,411.
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 19.7% (from 1,470 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00003, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.