Latvia - Technicians in Research and Development

Technicians in R&D (per million people)

The value for Technicians in R&D (per million people) in Latvia was 391.19 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 660.21 in 2006 and a minimum value of 266.34 in 2000.

Definition: The number of technicians participated in Research & Development (R&D), expressed as per million. Technicians and equivalent staff are people who perform scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods, normally under the supervision of researchers. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.

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

See also:

Year Value
1996 342.90
1997 355.44
1998 319.68
1999 301.48
2000 266.34
2001 342.99
2002 282.95
2003 321.79
2004 351.92
2005 471.58
2006 660.21
2007 498.16
2008 565.11
2009 591.67
2010 431.84
2011 391.19

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology