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

In 2023, Netherlands's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.2% compared to 2022, reaching 193,043.

Netherlands accounts for 5.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,330,043.

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 23.1% (from 156,875 in 2018).

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