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

In 2010, Slovakia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 14.0% compared to 2009, reaching 18,188.

Slovakia accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,191,089.

Slovakia ranks 17th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 26.3% (from 14,404 in 2005).

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