NL · 2019 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Netherlands, 2019
In 2019, Netherlands's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.3% compared to 2018, reaching 160,422.
Netherlands accounts for 5.5% of the EU-27 total of 2,922,303.
Netherlands ranks 6th 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 17.8% (from 136,174 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.