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

In 2020, Lithuania's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 9.6% compared to 2019, reaching 14,245.

Lithuania accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 2,961,312.

Lithuania ranks 22nd 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 34.3% (from 10,607 in 2015).

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