IT · 2020 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Italy, 2020
In 2020, Italy's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 0.0% compared to 2019, reaching 1.43.
Italy accounts for 98.6% of the EU-27 total of 1.45.
Italy ranks 13th 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 36.2% (from 1.05 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.