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

In 2021, Netherlands's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.4% compared to 2020, reaching 173,667.

Netherlands accounts for 5.6% of the EU-27 total of 3,102,980.

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 20.2% (from 144,482 in 2016).

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