According to INSTAT’s first ever report on Research and Development Statistics, a total of 3748 individuals have been involved in full-time and part-time  research and development activities during 2022 in Albania.

This number is defined as the number of people working on the conception and creation of new knowledge, products, processes, methods and systems.

According to INSTAT data, 54.4% of the researchers in 2022 were women, whereas men dominated the research and development scene in 2021, with 50.6% of researchers being men.

During 2022, the highest number of personnel contributed to research and development activities was recorded in the higher education sector with 81.6 %, followed by Private Enterprises and NGOs with 9.6 % and the Government Sector with 8.8 %.

During 2022, Scientific Researchers account for the majority of personnel engaged in R&D with around 55.2 %, Professional Personnel with 21.6 %, Technical Personnel with 10.6 % and Support Personnel with 12.6 %, while during 2021, by personnel structure was accordingly Researchers 55.3 %, Professional Personnel with 20.5 %, Technical Personnel with 11.0 % and Support Personnel with 13.2 %.

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