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

In 1987, Portugal's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.5% compared to 1986, reaching 10,727.

Portugal ranks 11th out of 12 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 25.4% (from 8,553 in 1982).

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