LV · 2021 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Latvia, 2021
In 2021, Latvia's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 1.3% compared to 2020, reaching 0.77.
Latvia accounts for 34.4% of the EU-27 total of 2.24.
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 71.1% (from 0.45 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.