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

In 1999, Portugal's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 7.1% compared to 1998, reaching 20,806.

Portugal accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,661,718.

Portugal ranks 15th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 41.4% (from 14,716 in 1994).

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