IT · 2018 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Italy, 2018
In 2018, Italy's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 8.7% compared to 2017, reaching 1.38.
Italy accounts for 100.7% of the EU-27 total of 1.37.
Italy 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 36.6% (from 1.01 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.