R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex

In 2002, Spain's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 6.8% compared to 2001, reaching 134,258.

Spain accounts for 7.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,772,992.

Spain ranks 4th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 54.1% (from 87,150 in 1997).

Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.