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

In 2007, Romania's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 1.2% compared to 2006, reaching 28,977.

Romania accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 2,026,324.

Romania ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.7% (from 32,799 in 2002).

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