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Population & Scope Geographic coverage Geographic coverage September 2022 edition of MSTI
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This biannual publication provides a set of indicators that reflect the level and structure of the efforts undertaken by OECD member countries and seven non-member economies (Argentina, People's Republic of China, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Chinese Taipei) in the field of science and technology.
These data include final or provisional results as well as forecasts established by government authorities. The indicators cover the resources devoted to research and development, patent families and international trade in R&D-intensive industries. Also presented are the underlying economic series used to calculate these indicators.
Indicators on R&D expenditures, budgets and personnel are derived from the OECD's Research and Development Statistics (RDS) database, which is based on the data reported to OECD and Eurostat in the framework of a co-ordinated collection.
The sources for the other indicators include the OECD databases on Bilateral Trade in Goods by Industry and End-use category database (BTDIxE) and on Patents.
YEARS COVERED: 1981 onward.
COUNTRIES COVERED: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, United Kingdom, and United States.
NON-MEMBER ECONOMIES: Argentina, China, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa and Chinese Taipei.
Data for Costa Rica, which became the 38th member of the OECD in May 2021, have not yet been included in MSTI. The OECD is currently working with Costa Rica's authorities to collect and report internationally comparable R&D data for publication the OECD R&D statistics and in future editions of MSTI. In this latest edition, Costa Rica does not appear in the list of OECD Members and is not included (except for patent indicators) in the OECD zone aggregates.
The R&D data used in this publication have been collected and presented in line with the standard OECD methodology for R&D statistics as laid out in the OECD "Frascati Manual 2015: Guidelines for Collecting and Reporting Data on Research and Experimental Development".
To access the Frascati Manual website: http://oe.cd/frascati. It includes in particular a glossary of key terms (see www.oecd.org/sti/inno/Frascati-2015-Glossary.pdf).
Please click on the following link to access the OECD R&D and GBARD Sources and Methods Databases, relating to series presented in Main Science and Technology Indicators: Sources and Methods Databases
September 2022 edition of MSTI
Comments or questions regarding MSTI can be sent to RDSurvey@oecd.org.
This biannual publication provides a set of indicators that reflect the level and structure of the efforts undertaken by OECD member countries and seven non-member economies (Argentina, People's Republic of China, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Chinese Taipei) in the field of science and technology.
These data include final or provisional results as well as forecasts established by government authorities. The indicators cover the resources devoted to research and development, patent families and international trade in R&D-intensive industries. Also presented are the underlying economic series used to calculate these indicators.
Indicators on R&D expenditures, budgets and personnel are derived from the OECD's Research and Development Statistics (RDS) database, which is based on the data reported to OECD and Eurostat in the framework of a co-ordinated collection.
The sources for the other indicators include the OECD databases on Bilateral Trade in Goods by Industry and End-use category database (BTDIxE) and on Patents.
YEARS COVERED: 1981 onward.
COUNTRIES COVERED: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, United Kingdom, and United States.
NON-MEMBER ECONOMIES: Argentina, China, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa and Chinese Taipei.
Data for Costa Rica, which became the 38th member of the OECD in May 2021, have not yet been included in MSTI. The OECD is currently working with Costa Rica's authorities to collect and report internationally comparable R&D data for publication the OECD R&D statistics and in future editions of MSTI. In this latest edition, Costa Rica does not appear in the list of OECD Members and is not included (except for patent indicators) in the OECD zone aggregates.
The R&D data used in this publication have been collected and presented in line with the standard OECD methodology for R&D statistics as laid out in the OECD "Frascati Manual 2015: Guidelines for Collecting and Reporting Data on Research and Experimental Development".
To access the Frascati Manual website: http://oe.cd/frascati. It includes in particular a glossary of key terms (see www.oecd.org/sti/inno/Frascati-2015-Glossary.pdf).
Please click on the following link to access the OECD R&D and GBARD Sources and Methods Databases, relating to series presented in Main Science and Technology Indicators: Sources and Methods Databases