BG · 2022 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Bulgaria, 2022
In 2022, Bulgaria's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 7.8% compared to 2021, reaching 27,090.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,221,015.
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 16.3% (from 23,290 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.