BG · 2009 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Bulgaria, 2009
In 2009, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.9% compared to 2008, reaching 18,230.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,140,966.
Bulgaria ranks 17th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 16.5% (from 15,647 in 2004).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.