BG · 2018 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Bulgaria, 2018
In 2018, Bulgaria's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 12.7% compared to 2017, reaching 0.80.
Bulgaria accounts for 58.4% of the EU-27 total of 1.37.
Bulgaria ranks 21st 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 50.9% (from 0.53 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.