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

In 1991, Portugal's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.8% compared to 1990, reaching 12,746.

Portugal accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,434,489.

Portugal ranks 11th out of 14 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 20.6% (from 10,570 in 1986).

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