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

In 2021, Portugal's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.6% compared to 2020, reaching 69,769.

Portugal accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 3,102,980.

Portugal ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 38.4% (from 50,406 in 2016).

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