Sweden - Total Internal R&D Personnel in Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products, Computer, Electronic and Optical Products, Electrical Equipment, Machinery, Motor Vehicles and Other Transport Equipment

Units (Full-Time Equivalent) - 2009 to 2017

In 2017, the country was ranked number 12 among other countries in Total Internal R&D Personnel in Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products, Computer, Electronic and Optical Products, Electrical Equipment, Machinery, Motor Vehicles and Other Transport Equipment with 25,339 Full-Time Equivalent. Sweden is overtaken by Netherlands, which was ranked number 11 with 26,863.17 Full-Time Equivalent and is followed by Austria at 24,883.3 Full-Time Equivalent. China topped the ranking with 1,728,958.4 Full-Time Equivalent in 2019, that is a growth of 3% versus 2018. Japan, Germany and South Korea respectively ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in this ranking. Estonia witnessed the best average annual growth at +14.3% per year, while Finland was the worst growing country at -5% per year.