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

In 1985, Spain's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 3.5% compared to 1984, reaching 40,654.

Spain ranks 7th out of 13 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 14.5% (from 35,496 in 1980).

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