World Bank Group indicators on Afghanistan's science and technology base, sourced from organizations including UNESCO, the U.S. National Science Board, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. The dataset covers topics such as research and development, scientific publications, high-technology exports, and patents. It was last updated on 2026-04-27 and is provided under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Benchmark national R&D investment levels based on research and development data.
- Analyze trends in scientific output based on scientific and technical journal articles.
- Assess economic contribution of technology sectors based on high-technology exports data.
- Evaluate intellectual property activity based on patents and trademarks indicators.
- Study international knowledge flows based on royalty and license fees data.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from authoritative international organizations like UNESCO and the IMF.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse with attribution.
- Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-04-27 15:30:47.465143.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the original sources.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group, aggregating data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, U.S. National Science Board, UN Statistics Division, IMF, and WIPO.
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from official national reports and international statistical surveys.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-27 15:30:47.465143
- Geography
- Afghanistan