ES · 2018 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Spain, 2018
In 2018, Spain's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.6% compared to 2017, reaching 225,696.
Spain accounts for 8.0% of the EU-27 total of 2,831,547.
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 11.0% (from 203,302 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.