World Bank Group data on Kenya's technology base, last updated 2026-04-28. The dataset likely contains indicators for research and development, scientific publications, high-technology exports, and intellectual property. Sources include UNESCO Institute for Statistics, U.S. National Science Board, UN Statistics Division, IMF, and World Intellectual Property Organization.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking national R&D investment based on research and development indicators
- Analyzing trends in scientific output based on scientific and technical journal article counts
- Modeling the economic impact of innovation based on high-technology export and royalty/license fee data
- Assessing intellectual property activity based on patent and trademark statistics
Strengths
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse.
- Aggregates data from five authoritative international sources mentioned in the description.
- Last updated date is precisely recorded as 2026-04-28 04:30:44.523287.
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, International Monetary Fund, and World Intellectual Property Organization.
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from official national and international statistical reports.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 04:30:44.523287; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Kenya