World Bank Group data on France's technology base, last updated 2026-04-28. The dataset likely contains metrics on research and development, scientific publications, high-technology exports, royalty fees, and patents. Sources include UNESCO, the U.S. National Science Board, UN Statistics, IMF, and WIPO.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking national R&D investment based on research and development data
- Analyzing trends in scientific output based on scientific and technical journal articles
- Assessing economic competitiveness based on high-technology exports and royalty fees
- Tracking intellectual property activity based on patents and trademarks data
Strengths
- Data is sourced from authoritative international organizations like UNESCO, IMF, and WIPO
- Released under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license
- Covers multiple facets of a national innovation system as described
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
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 international statistics and reports
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 01:39:49.606275; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- France