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Ireland: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Total, Total, Business enterprise sector, Head count

40,956Head count · 2023+193.6% since 2007

Eurostat table rd_p_persreg. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Business enterprise sector (Head count). Annual figures for Ireland from 1981 to 2023.

19812023

Every year

YearValue (Head count)Note
202340,956
202132,961
201927,754
201727,320
201526,337
201324,785
201119,068
201016,083
200915,773
200814,968
200713,950
200613,786
200513,621
200412,800
200312,037
200211,960
200112,320
200010,312
19999,664
19988,879
19978,095
19967,346
19957,144
19946,185
19935,225
19924,919
19914,612
19903,520
19893,336
19883,153
19872,974
19862,796
19852,441
19842,096
19831,886
19821,799
19811,705

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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 2 region: Total, Total, Business enterprise sector, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-persreg-total-t-bes-hc (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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