IT · 2010 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Italy, 2010
In 2010, Italy's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 0.4% compared to 2009, reaching 225,632.
Italy accounts for 10.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,191,089.
Italy ranks 3rd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 28.8% (from 175,248 in 2005).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.