Statistical Yearbook of Science and Technology 2021 is part of the publication system of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. It contains results of Research and Development survey for last five years. The statistics on Human Resources in Science and Technology (HRST) was introduced in the Slovak Republic according to the Canberra manual methodology in 2002. It is compiled from the results of the Labour force survey. Statistics on HRST is also included in the publication.

The Yearbook is divided into two chapters; each chapter comprises methodological notes of particular indicators. Data in the first chapter are presented for 2016 - 2020. Second chapter of the publication contains data on stocks of Human Resources in Science and Technology for years 2017 - 2021.

Data are in organisational structure, prices and methodology of the current year. Differences in sums result from rounding the data.