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

In 2018, Slovakia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 6.6% compared to 2017, reaching 20,268.

Slovakia accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,831,547.

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 18.1% (from 17,166 in 2013).

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