PT · 2021 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Portugal, 2021
In 2021, Portugal's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 3.7% compared to 2020, reaching 1.41.
Portugal accounts for 94.0% of the EU-27 total of 1.50.
Portugal ranks 13th 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 36.9% (from 1.03 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.