LV · 2016 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Latvia, 2016
In 2016, Latvia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex decreased by 8.1% compared to 2015, reaching 5,120.
Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,556,167.
Latvia ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.7% (from 5,432 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.