IE · 2023 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Ireland, 2023
In 2023, Ireland's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 5.2% compared to 2022, reaching 1.63.
Ireland accounts for 103.8% of the EU-27 total of 1.57.
Ireland ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 20.7% (from 1.35 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.