ES · 2019 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Spain, 2019
In 2019, Spain's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.5% compared to 2018, reaching 231,413.
Spain accounts for 7.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,922,303.
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 15.6% (from 200,233 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.