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

In 2007, Netherlands's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 4.1% compared to 2006, reaching 93,788.

Netherlands accounts for 4.6% of the EU-27 total of 2,026,324.

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 2.4% (from 91,548 in 2002).

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