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

In 2022, Netherlands's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.7% compared to 2021, reaching 183,533.

Netherlands accounts for 5.7% of the EU-27 total of 3,221,015.

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 22.0% (from 150,399 in 2017).

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