LV · 2017 · rd_p_persocc
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex
Latvia, 2017
In 2017, Latvia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 5.0% compared to 2016, reaching 5,378.
Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,692,860.
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 3.8% (from 5,593 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset rd_p_persocc, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.