LV · 2021 · tsc00002
Research and development personnel by sector of performance
Latvia, 2021
In 2021, Latvia's research and development personnel by sector of performance increased by 11.3% compared to 2020, reaching 0.79.
Latvia accounts for 52.7% of the EU-27 total of 1.50.
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 46.3% (from 0.54 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00002, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.