R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex

In 2008, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 10.2% compared to 2007, reaching 20,018.

Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 2,121,931.

Ireland ranks 16th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 38.5% (from 14,450 in 2003).

Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.