IE · 2024 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Ireland, 2024
In 2024, Ireland's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 0.6% compared to 2023, reaching 1.64.
Ireland accounts for 103.1% of the EU-27 total of 1.59.
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 17.1% (from 1.40 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.