ES · 2018 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Spain, 2018
In 2018, Spain's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 4.2% compared to 2017, reaching 1.00.
Spain accounts for 73.0% of the EU-27 total of 1.37.
Spain ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.6% (from 0.88 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.