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

In 2021, Poland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 6.9% compared to 2020, reaching 185,313.

Poland accounts for 6.0% of the EU-27 total of 3,102,980.

Poland ranks 5th 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 65.8% (from 111,789 in 2016).

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