DE · 2003 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Germany, 2003
In 2003, Germany's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 1.6% compared to 2002, reaching 472,533.
Germany accounts for 26.5% of the EU-27 total of 1,786,335.
Germany ranks 1st out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.4% (from 461,539 in 1998).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.