R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex

In 2024, Spain's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.6% compared to 2023, reaching 295,290.

Spain accounts for 8.7% of the EU-27 total of 3,391,150.

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 27.6% (from 231,413 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.