BG · 2023 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Bulgaria, 2023
In 2023, Bulgaria's research and development personnel by sector of performance decreased by 5.5% compared to 2022, reaching 0.86.
Bulgaria accounts for 54.8% of the EU-27 total of 1.57.
Bulgaria ranks 23rd 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 7.5% (from 0.80 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.