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

In 2007, Slovakia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.6% compared to 2006, reaching 15,421.

Slovakia accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,026,324.

Slovakia ranks 19th 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 13.1% (from 13,631 in 2002).

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