IE · 2017 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Ireland, 2017
In 2017, Ireland's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 1.7% compared to 2016, reaching 33,803.
Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,692,860.
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 15.4% (from 29,284 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.