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

In 2002, Portugal's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.6% compared to 2001, reaching 24,250.

Portugal accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 1,772,992.

Portugal ranks 13th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 34.5% (from 18,035 in 1997).

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