ES · 2021 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Spain, 2021
In 2021, Spain's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 4.9% compared to 2020, reaching 1.08.
Spain accounts for 72.0% of the EU-27 total of 1.50.
Spain ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 18.7% (from 0.91 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.