EE · 2017 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Estonia, 2017
In 2017, Estonia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 6.1% compared to 2016, reaching 6,048.
Estonia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,692,860.
Estonia 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 3.3% (from 5,855 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.