World Bank data on Singapore's technology base, including research and development, scientific publications, high-technology exports, and intellectual property. The dataset is compiled from sources like UNESCO, the U.S. National Science Board, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. It was last updated on 2026-04-28.
Use Cases
- Analyzing trends in national research and development investment based on R&D indicators.
- Modeling the relationship between high-technology exports and economic growth.
- Benchmarking Singapore's scientific output based on journal article counts.
- Studying intellectual property flows using data on royalty and license fees.
- Tracking innovation capacity using patent and trademark statistics.
Strengths
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse with attribution.
- Data is sourced from authoritative institutions like UNESCO and the IMF.
- Last updated on 2026-04-28, suggesting recent maintenance.
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, compiled from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, U.S. National Science Board, UN Statistics Division, IMF, and WIPO.
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from international statistical sources.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 10:57:29.788183; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Singapore