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

In 2018, Latvia's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 8.0% compared to 2017, reaching 5,806.

Latvia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,831,547.

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 7.6% (from 5,396 in 2013).

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