PT · 2024 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Portugal, 2024
In 2024, Portugal's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 4.5% compared to 2023, reaching 1.61.
Portugal accounts for 101.3% of the EU-27 total of 1.59.
Portugal ranks 13th 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 29.8% (from 1.24 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.