This group includes both science graduates and people from other fields who, after graduation, decided to pursue a career in the science and technology industries (Eurostat, 2024).
According to “Rzeczpospolita”, Warsaw took first place in the EU in this ranking, ahead of, among others, Walloon Brabant in Belgium and the capitals of Hungary and the Czech Republic – Budapest and Prague, which also boasted over 70%. HRST's share in employment.
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Qualification benefits
According to Eurostat, in the entire European Union last year 126.2 million people aged 15-74 worked in the science and technology sector, which constituted 49.2%. the Community workforce. Of these, 101.1 million met the HRST educational criterion, 80.5 million met the vocational criterion, and 55.4 million met both criteria simultaneously.
It is the group meeting both criteria – having a background in science and technology and employed in related professions – that Eurostat refers to as 'core HRST'. Experts cited by “Rzeczpospolita” indicate that regions with a high share of this resource can count on a number of economic benefits, including higher productivity and better wages.
Warsaw is at the forefront of the EU
In 2024, employees from the core HRST group represented an average of 25.5 percent. workforce across the EU. The highest share of such specialists was recorded in Luxembourg (48.4%) and Budapest (47.3%), while the Warsaw Capital Region came third with 44.8%.
The Warsaw agglomeration is also at the forefront of the EU in terms of the number of people from the basic HRST group – last year there were approximately 0.8 million of them. For comparison, the leader – Ile-de-France with Paris – gathered 2.4 million workers meeting these criteria, which is due to the large population of the region (Eurostat, 2024).
