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

In 2016, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 7.2% compared to 2015, reaching 34,374.

Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,556,167.

Ireland 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 59.2% (from 21,591 in 2011).

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