ES · 2015 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Spain, 2015
In 2015, Spain's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 0.3% compared to 2014, reaching 200,866.
Spain accounts for 8.1% of the EU-27 total of 2,477,699.
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 fallen by 9.5% (from 222,022 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.