BE · 2016 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Belgium, 2016
In 2016, Belgium's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.5% compared to 2015, reaching 78,668.
Belgium accounts for 3.1% of the EU-27 total of 2,556,167.
Belgium ranks 8th 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 25.1% (from 62,895 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.