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

In 2024, Lithuania's R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex increased by 2.3% compared to 2023, reaching 15,012.

Lithuania accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 3,391,150.

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 15.5% (from 12,998 in 2019).

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