IT · 1999 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Italy, 1999
In 1999, Italy's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 2.4% compared to 1998, reaching 142,506.
Italy accounts for 8.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,661,718.
Italy ranks 3rd out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.9% (from 143,823 in 1994).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.