R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex

In 2010, Latvia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 1.4% compared to 2009, reaching 5,563.

Latvia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,191,089.

Latvia ranks 22nd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.5% (from 5,483 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.