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

In 2007, Portugal's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 15.7% compared to 2006, reaching 35,334.

Portugal accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,026,324.

Portugal ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 45.7% (from 24,250 in 2002).

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