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

In 1986, Netherlands's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.3% compared to 1985, reaching 62,830.

Netherlands ranks 3rd out of 9 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 15.3% (from 54,479 in 1981).

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