PT · 2019 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Portugal, 2019
In 2019, Portugal's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.7% compared to 2018, reaching 61,455.
Portugal accounts for 2.1% of the EU-27 total of 2,922,303.
Portugal ranks 12th 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 31.1% (from 46,878 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.