rd_p_persocc · 1990–2024
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Eurostat rd_p_persocc — R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex. Data range: 1980 to 2024.
At a glance
In 2024, the EU-27 figure for R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex was 3,391,150 .
That is a 1.8% rose versus 2023 (3,330,043).
Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 16.0% higher.
Across member states, Germany reported the highest value (839,700, 2024) and Cyprus the lowest (2,325, 2024) — a ratio of 361.2× between the two ends of the range.
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EU-27 · 2024
3,391,150
HIGHEST · 2024
Germany
839,700
LOWEST · 2024
Cyprus
2,325
Map · 2024
2.3k 839.7k
Ranking · 2024
Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27
- Germany 839.7k
- France 520.8k
- Italy 351.4k
- Spain 295.3k
- Poland 198.2k
- Netherlands 198.2k
- Belgium 123.7k
- Sweden 123.1k
- Austria 95.5k
- Czechia 86.9k
- Portugal 84.0k
- Denmark 71.6k
- European Union (27) 3.4M
Country × year heatmap · all values
341.0 839.7k
Member states · ranked by latest value
- #1 Germany DE · 2024 839,700
- #2 France FR · 2024 520,816
- #3 Italy IT · 2024 351,433
- #4 Spain ES · 2024 295,290
- #5 Poland PL · 2024 198,219
- #6 Netherlands NL · 2024 198,165
- #7 Belgium BE · 2024 123,728
- #8 Sweden SE · 2024 123,074
- #9 Austria AT · 2024 95,525
- #10 Czechia CZ · 2024 86,948
- #11 Portugal PT · 2024 84,012
- #12 Denmark DK · 2024 71,636
- #13 Greece EL · 2024 69,270
- #14 Finland FI · 2024 62,431
- #15 Hungary HU · 2024 59,464
- #16 Ireland IE · 2024 45,254
- #17 Romania RO · 2024 36,828
- #18 Bulgaria BG · 2024 26,472
- #19 Slovakia SK · 2024 25,641
- #20 Slovenia SI · 2024 18,133
- #21 Croatia HR · 2024 16,550
- #22 Lithuania LT · 2024 15,012
- #23 Estonia EE · 2024 9,845
- #24 Latvia LV · 2024 6,990
- #25 Luxembourg LU · 2024 5,958
- #26 Malta MT · 2024 2,431
- #27 Cyprus CY · 2024 2,325
By year
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Source:
Eurostat · rd_p_persocc