ES · 2008 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Spain, 2008
In 2008, Spain's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 7.2% compared to 2007, reaching 215,676.
Spain accounts for 10.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,121,931.
Spain ranks 4th 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 42.4% (from 151,487 in 2003).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.