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

In 2024, Netherlands's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.7% compared to 2023, reaching 198,165.

Netherlands accounts for 5.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,391,150.

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 23.5% (from 160,422 in 2019).

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