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

In 2014, Latvia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 6.4% compared to 2013, reaching 5,739.

Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,399,423.

Latvia ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.6% (from 5,485 in 2009).

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