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

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.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc; every value links back to the canonical source.