ES · 2006 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Spain, 2006
In 2006, Spain's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 8.1% compared to 2005, reaching 188,978.
Spain accounts for 9.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,958,874.
Spain ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 50.3% (from 125,750 in 2001).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.