PT · 2008 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Portugal, 2008
In 2008, Portugal's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 35.5% compared to 2007, reaching 47,882.
Portugal accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,121,931.
Portugal ranks 13th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 87.6% (from 25,529 in 2003).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.