BG · 2013 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Bulgaria, 2013
In 2013, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.7% compared to 2012, reaching 17,545.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,355,600.
Bulgaria ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.9% (from 17,219 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.