NL · 2009 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Netherlands, 2009
In 2009, Netherlands's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 5.9% compared to 2008, reaching 87,874.
Netherlands accounts for 4.1% of the EU-27 total of 2,140,966.
Netherlands ranks 5th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 8.2% (from 95,702 in 2004).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.