Gabon's science and technology indicators, sourced from the World Bank portal. The dataset likely contains metrics on research and development, scientific publications, high-technology exports, and intellectual property. It was last updated on 2026-04-28 and is provided by the World Bank Group under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Analyzing trends in research and development investment based on R&D metrics
- Modeling the relationship between high-technology exports and economic growth
- Benchmarking scientific output using data on journal article publications
- Studying intellectual property flows through royalty and license fee statistics
Strengths
- Data is sourced from authoritative institutions like UNESCO, IMF, and WIPO.
- License is permissive (CC-BY-4.0).
- Last update timestamp is precisely recorded (2026-04-28 02:00:01.779008).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group, compiling data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, U.S. National Science Board, UN Statistics Division, IMF, and World Intellectual Property Organization.
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from multiple international statistical sources.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 02:00:01.779008; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Gabon