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

In 2023, Romania's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 0.9% compared to 2022, reaching 35,273.

Romania accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 3,330,043.

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 10.5% (from 31,933 in 2018).

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