R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex

In 2024, Sweden's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 0.2% compared to 2023, reaching 123,074.

Sweden accounts for 3.6% of the EU-27 total of 3,391,150.

Sweden ranks 8th 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 33.5% (from 92,172 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.