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

In 2020, Netherlands's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 3.7% compared to 2019, reaching 166,422.

Netherlands accounts for 5.6% of the EU-27 total of 2,961,312.

Netherlands ranks 6th 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 19.4% (from 139,382 in 2015).

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