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

In 2022, Sweden's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.9% compared to 2021, reaching 121,615.

Sweden accounts for 3.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,221,015.

Sweden ranks 7th 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 36.8% (from 88,928 in 2017).

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