PT · 2022 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Portugal, 2022
In 2022, Portugal's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 6.2% compared to 2021, reaching 74,103.
Portugal accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 3,221,015.
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 34.7% (from 54,995 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.