ES · 2022 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Spain, 2022
In 2022, Spain's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 4.6% compared to 2021, reaching 1.13.
Spain accounts for 73.9% of the EU-27 total of 1.53.
Spain ranks 18th 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 17.7% (from 0.96 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.