RO · 2021 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Romania, 2021
In 2021, Romania's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 3.3% compared to 2020, reaching 34,270.
Romania accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 3,102,980.
Romania ranks 17th 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 6.3% (from 32,232 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.