FI · 2017 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Finland, 2017
In 2017, Finland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 3.3% compared to 2016, reaching 48,999.
Finland accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 2,692,860.
Finland ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 9.3% (from 54,047 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.