ES · 2020 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Spain, 2020
In 2020, Spain's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 2.0% compared to 2019, reaching 1.03.
Spain accounts for 71.0% of the EU-27 total of 1.45.
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 17.0% (from 0.88 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.