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

In 2021, Lithuania's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 4.7% compared to 2020, reaching 14,918.

Lithuania accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,102,980.

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 36.6% (from 10,924 in 2016).

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