Researchers in R&D per mil of people rose 6.85% to 3,728 persons in Lithuania in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, researchers in R&D per mil of people in Lithuania reached an all time high of 3,728 persons in 2020 and an all time low of 1,836 persons in 2002. When compared to Lithuania's main peers, researchers in R&D per mil of people in Belarus amounted to 1,466 persons, 3,846 persons in Estonia, 2,159 persons in Latvia and 2,722 persons in Russia in 2020.
Lithuania has been ranked 22nd within the group of 60 countries we follow in terms of researchers in R&D per mil of people, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Researchers In R&D Per mil of People | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Belarus | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| China | persons | 1,089 | 1,151 | 1,197 | 1,225 | 1,307 | ||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | persons | 3,284 | 3,183 | 3,295 | 3,543 | 3,755 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | persons | 7,009 | 6,845 | 6,531 | 6,722 | 6,861 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 4,321 | 4,744 | 4,862 | 5,077 | 5,217 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | persons | 5,328 | 5,173 | 5,209 | 5,304 | 5,331 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | persons | 1,854 | 1,809 | 1,597 | 1,785 | 1,792 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | persons | 3,054 | 2,786 | 2,950 | 3,072 | 3,191 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | persons | 2,064 | 2,172 | 2,321 | 3,019 | 3,106 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | persons | 3,075 | 3,098 | 2,952 | 2,822 | 2,784 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | persons | 4,206 | 4,270 | 4,251 | 4,412 | 4,749 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,024 | 1,006 | 1,037 | 994 | 988 |
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