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

In 2014, Netherlands's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 2013, reaching 136,174.

Netherlands accounts for 5.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,399,423.

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 55.0% (from 87,874 in 2009).

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