EE · 2024 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Estonia, 2024
In 2024, Estonia's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 11.2% compared to 2023, reaching 1.39.
Estonia accounts for 87.4% of the EU-27 total of 1.59.
Estonia ranks 16th 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 44.8% (from 0.96 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.