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

In 2019, Slovakia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.6% compared to 2018, reaching 21,196.

Slovakia accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,922,303.

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 20.5% (from 17,594 in 2014).

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