Greece vs Sweden: R&D personnel by sector of performance and region — R&D Personnel

Greece
132,622 Persons
in 2023
Sweden
161,897 Persons
in 2023
Greece rank
10th
Sweden rank
7th

R&D personnel by sector of performance and region — R&D Personnel over time

  • Greece
  • Sweden
050.0k100.0k150.0k199120072023

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 161,897 Persons against 132,622 Persons in Greece, a difference of 29,275 Persons.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.2 times Greece's.

Across all 14 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Greece ranks 10th and Sweden ranks 7th of 17 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Sweden Difference Ahead
1990s 41,822 Persons 97,350 Persons 55,528 Persons Sweden
2000s 57,929 Persons 112,025 Persons 54,096 Persons Sweden
2010s 89,403 Persons 133,128 Persons 43,725 Persons Sweden
2020s 124,130 Persons 163,512 Persons 39,382 Persons Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher r&d personnel by sector of performance and region — r&d personnel, Greece or Sweden?
Sweden, at 161,897 Persons against 132,622 Persons in Greece as of 2023.
What is the difference in r&d personnel by sector of performance and region — r&d personnel between Greece and Sweden?
29,275 Persons, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Sweden?
14 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2023.
How do Greece and Sweden rank globally for r&d personnel by sector of performance and region — r&d personnel?
Greece ranks 10th and Sweden ranks 7th of 17 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as R&D personnel by sector of performance and region — R&D Personnel (total economy). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Greece vs Sweden: R&D personnel by sector of performance and region — R&D Personnel. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/r-and-d-personnel-by-sector-of-performance-and-region-r-and-d-personnel-total-economy/greece/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/r-and-d-personnel-by-sector-of-performance-and-region-r-and-d-personnel-total-economy/greece/sweden/">Greece vs Sweden: R&D personnel by sector of performance and region — R&D Personnel</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
R&D personnel by sector of performance and region — R&D Personnel (total economy)
Unit
Persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
224 places, 4,038 data points, 1982–2024
Last refreshed

This table contains research and development (R&D) personnel statistics. Number of R&D personnel is provided in both headcounts and full-time equivalent on R&D by sex, sector of employment (business enterprise, government, higher education, and private non-profit) and by large regions (territorial level 2 or TL2). Definition of regions: Regions are subnational units below national boundaries. OECD countries have two regional levels: large regions (territorial level 2 or TL2) and small regions (territorial level 3 or TL3). TL2 regions are used in this dataset. See the OECD Territorial Correspondence Table (xls) and the OECD Territorial grid (pdf).