SE · 2018 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Sweden, 2018
In 2018, Sweden's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 2.3% compared to 2017, reaching 1.77.
Sweden accounts for 129.2% of the EU-27 total of 1.37.
Sweden ranks 5th 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 7.9% (from 1.64 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.