Eurostat reveals: Finland has largest R&D workforce 07-03-2006 A recent Eurostat survey in the EU-25 shows that Finland has the most
research and development personnel and researchers, as a percentage of total
employment. In Finland, in 2003, 3.11% of all persons employed were active as
researchers, the EU-25 average being 1.44% (France 1.73% and Germany 1.85%). As
to the percentage of researchers in the business sector, Finland accounted for
almost three times (1.13%) the EU-25 average (0.35%).
The survey results also reveal that in the largest EU countries, researchers
are dependent on large companies to carry out their work. In France, Germany,
Italy, and the United Kingdom, more than 60% of researchers in the business
enterprise sector are employed in large enterprises with more than 500
employees. In Germany this percentage stands at 81%. In smaller countries such
as Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Latvia or Slovakia, this proportion is well below
30%. In Latvia, the most (nearly 60%) researchers are active in small companies
with fewer than 49 emplyees.
With regard to science and gender, the survey reveals a particularly high
percentage of female researchers in the Baltic countries - 53% in Latvia and 48%
in Lithuania. Bugaria (47%), Portugal (44%) and Slovakia (41%) are also at the
top of this ranking, in which France (28%) and Germany (19%) get scores below
the EU average.
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