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Science & Technology

World Bank topic catalog for Science & Technology.

Topic coverage

Catalog indicators10
Published on site5
Countries with values209
Latest year2024

Publishing strategy

  • Publish high-intent indicators with the strongest search demand first.
  • After each indicator goes live, it automatically unlocks country, country+indicator, ranking, and collection pages.
  • The topic catalog shows how much expansion potential still remains outside the current release.

Analytical takeaways

  • The “Science & Technology” theme is now embedded as a standalone SEO hub rather than just another indicator list.
  • The gap between catalog coverage and published coverage helps plan the next import wave without losing structure.
  • Even partial topic coverage creates many internal routes: to global indicators, country comparisons, and region/income slices.

Priority indicators for this topic

High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery. Patent applications, residents Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years. Research and development expenditure (% of GDP) Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D), expressed as a percent of GDP. They include both capital and current expenditures in the four main sectors: Business enterprise, Government, Higher education and Private non-profit. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development. Scientific and technical journal articles Article counts refer to publications from a selection of conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals from Scopus in science and engineering fields, according to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Taxonomy of Disciplines. Technicians in R&D (per million people) 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.

Search-oriented rankings for this topic

Topic collections

Full indicator list for this topic

High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) · TX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS · published Patent applications, nonresidents · IP.PAT.NRES · catalog only Patent applications, residents · IP.PAT.RESD · published Research and development expenditure (% of GDP) · GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS · published Researchers in R&D (per million people) · SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6 · catalog only Scientific and technical journal articles · IP.JRN.ARTC.SC · published Technicians in R&D (per million people) · SP.POP.TECH.RD.P6 · published Trademark applications, direct nonresident · IP.TMK.NRES · catalog only Trademark applications, direct resident · IP.TMK.RESD · catalog only Trademark applications, total · IP.TMK.TOTL · catalog only