Digital Technology Adoption by Country from a 114-Study Literature Review

Ana B. Vivas compiled a dataset on the geographical distribution of digital technologies, based on a review of 114 studies. The data, last updated on April 30, 2026, counts the number of technologies employed per country as reported in the included literature. The dataset is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare.

Use Cases

• Map global digital technology adoption based on country-level counts.
• Compare relative technology usage between countries based on the literature review.
• Identify research gaps in geographical coverage of digital technology studies.

Strengths

• Derived from a defined corpus of 114 academic studies.
• Explicitly licensed as CC-BY-4.0 for open reuse.
• File size of 5.5 KB indicates a simple, focused structure.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, requiring inspection after download.
• The data's temporal coverage is not specified, limiting time-series analysis.
• The dataset's scope is limited to the 5.5 KB file size, suggesting a small, summary-level collection.

Provenance

Source

Ana B. Vivas via figshare.

Collection Method

Extracted from a systematic review of 114 studies.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 17:51:45.

Geography

Country-level, specific countries unknown.