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

In 2006, Netherlands's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.5% compared to 2005, reaching 97,835.

Netherlands accounts for 5.0% of the EU-27 total of 1,958,874.

Netherlands ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.3% (from 92,904 in 2001).

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