IE · 2019 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Ireland, 2019
In 2019, Ireland's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 3.7% compared to 2018, reaching 1.40.
Ireland accounts for 99.3% of the EU-27 total of 1.41.
Ireland ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.9% (from 1.52 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.