ES · 2022 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Spain, 2022
In 2022, Spain's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.6% compared to 2021, reaching 263,407.
Spain accounts for 8.2% of the EU-27 total of 3,221,015.
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 22.1% (from 215,745 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.