ES · 2012 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Spain, 2012
In 2012, Spain's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 2.9% compared to 2011, reaching 208,831.
Spain accounts for 9.0% of the EU-27 total of 2,321,035.
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 3.8% (from 201,108 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.