ES · 2024 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Spain, 2024
In 2024, Spain's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 3.4% compared to 2023, reaching 1.23.
Spain accounts for 77.4% of the EU-27 total of 1.59.
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 21.8% (from 1.01 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.