IT · 2024 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Italy, 2024
In 2024, Italy's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 0.7% compared to 2023, reaching 1.42.
Italy accounts for 89.3% of the EU-27 total of 1.59.
Italy ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.7% (from 1.43 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.