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

In 2024, Poland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 0.8% compared to 2023, reaching 198,219.

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

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 20.9% (from 164,006 in 2019).

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