ES · 2017 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Spain, 2017
In 2017, Spain's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.8% compared to 2016, reaching 215,745.
Spain accounts for 8.0% of the EU-27 total of 2,692,860.
Spain ranks 4th 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 3.3% (from 208,831 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.