World Bank Group data on Lebanon's science and technology base, sourced from institutions including UNESCO, the IMF, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. The dataset covers indicators such as research and development, scientific publications, high-technology exports, and patents. It was last updated on 2026-04-28 and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking national R&D investment levels based on research and development data
- Analyzing trends in scientific output based on scientific and technical journal articles
- Assessing economic contribution of tech sectors based on high-technology exports
- Evaluating intellectual property activity based on patents and trademarks data
- Studying international knowledge flows based on royalty and license fees
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 05:46:58.457642).
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, compiling data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, U.S. National Science Board, UN Statistics Division, International Monetary Fund, World Intellectual Property Organization.
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from multiple international sources.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 05:46:58.457642; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Lebanon