IE · 2005 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Ireland, 2005
In 2005, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 6.2% compared to 2004, reaching 16,690.
Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 1,876,602.
Ireland ranks 17th 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 30.8% (from 12,762 in 2000).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.