IT · 2022 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Italy, 2022
In 2022, Italy's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.5% compared to 2021, reaching 338,133.
Italy accounts for 10.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,221,015.
Italy ranks 3rd 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 6.5% (from 317,628 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.