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

In 1999, Netherlands's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.9% compared to 1998, reaching 89,669.

Netherlands accounts for 5.4% of the EU-27 total of 1,661,718.

Netherlands ranks 5th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.6% (from 78,917 in 1994).

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