World Bank Group data on Japan's technology base, last updated 2026-04-28. The dataset likely contains indicators such as research and development expenditure, scientific publications, high-technology exports, and intellectual property metrics. It aggregates data from sources including UNESCO, the U.S. National Science Board, and the World Intellectual Property Organization.
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 industrial competitiveness based on high-technology exports figures
- Study intellectual property flows based on royalty and license fees data
- Monitor innovation activity based on patents and trademarks statistics
Strengths
- Sourced from authoritative institutions like UNESCO, IMF, and WIPO
- Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license
- Data is consolidated from multiple sources into a single country dataset
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
- Consolidated from the World Bank's data portal
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 04:24:05.151899; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Japan