Latvia - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Latvia was 1,792 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,013 in 2008 and a minimum value of 1,052 in 1998.

Definition: The number of researchers engaged in Research &Development (R&D), expressed as per million. Researchers are professionals who conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models techniques instrumentation, software of operational methods. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1996 1,145
1997 1,064
1998 1,052
1999 1,090
2000 1,600
2001 1,483
2002 1,480
2003 1,389
2004 1,459
2005 1,457
2006 1,768
2007 1,891
2008 2,013
2009 1,688
2010 1,839
2011 1,885
2012 1,887
2013 1,773
2014 1,854
2015 1,809
2016 1,597
2017 1,785
2018 1,792

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology