Main Science and Technology Indicators (MSTI) Database
www.oecd.org/sti/msti

Biannual publication showing 76 standard tables on resources on research and experimental development (R&D) as well as research and R&D personnel (64 indicators), patents (four indicators), technology balance of payments (three indicators) and international trade in R&D-intensive industries (five indicators).

Countries: 33 OECD member countries including Chile and Mexico, plus the following non-member economies: Argentina, China, Romania, the Russian Federation, South Africa and Chinese Taipei.

Research and development (R&D) Database
www.oecd.org/sti/rds

Contains the full results of the OECD/Eurostat data collection on R&D expenditure and personnel.

The database is updated annually and available from 1981 onwards. It also services as input material for the MSTI and ANBERD Databases.

Countries: 34 OECD member countries including Chile and Mexico, plus the following non-member economies: Argentina, China, Romania, Russian Federation, South Africa and Chinese Taipei.

Research and Development Statistics (Analytical Business Enterprise Research and Development – ANBERD)
www.oecd.org/sti/anberd

Industrial R&D expenditure data for 57 manufacturing and services sectors based on the ISIC Revision 3 classification.

The database is available in electronic form from 1987 onwards.

Countries: 32 OECD countries including Chile (the 2011 update covers Mexico), plus the following non-member economies: China, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa and Chinese Taipei.

Industrial data (Structural Analysis Database – STAN)
www.oecd.org/sti/stan

Industry employment, production, investment, trade data for 57 manufacturing and services sectors based on the ISIC Rev. 3 classification for different time periods depending on countries and variables with the earliest available for 1970.

Countries: 32 OECD member countries including Mexico.

Patent Statistics Databases
www.oecd.org/sti/ipr-statistics

The OECD patent database covers data on patent applications to the European Patent Office (EPO), the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), patent applications filed under the Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT) that designate the EPO, as well as Triadic Patent families.

Data mainly derives from the latest version of EPO’s Worldwide Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT).

Pre-defined sets of indicators include patent counts by county and technology fields, indicators of international co-operation in patents (co-inventions, cross-border ownership of patents).

Countries: Coverage on applicants and inventors for all countries.

 Trademark Statistics

Statistics based on four micro-datasets for trademark applications to Europe, France, Germany and the United States mainly from 1998 onwards.

Countries: Coverage for all applicants.

Key ICT and broadband data
www.oecd.org/sti/ICTindicator

Statistics on:

• the communication infrastructure and subscribers to mobile, Internet, broad-band, cable TV, household and business access and use of ICTs
• telecommunication and mobile telecommunication services revenue, telecommunication infrastructure investment, ICT value added in business sector value added, R&D expenditure in selected ICT industries, ICT employment in business sector employment
• ICT-related patents as a percentage of national total (PCT filings), share of countries in ICT-related patents filed under the PCT, trade in ICT goods, top 50 telecommunication and IT firms.

Broadband statistics covering prices and speeds (e.g. average advertised download speeds) as well as additional penetration statistics and coverage statistics.

Countries (for most indicators): 33/34 OECD countries including Chile, Mexico and Turkey, plus the Russian Federation.

STAN Input-Output (I-O)
Database
www.oecd.org/sti/inputoutput

Matrices of inter-industrial flows of transactions of goods and services (domestically produced and imported) in current prices across 48 sectors.

Countries: all OECD countries (except Iceland) and 11 non-member economies: Argentina, Brazil, India, Indonesia, China, Romania, Russian Federation, South Africa, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and Vietnam.

STAN Bilateral Trade (BTD) Database

Data on exports and import values by partner country (or geographical area) and by economic activity based on the ISIC Rev. 3 classification.

Countries: 70 countries or zones for all OECD countries including Chile, Mexico and Turkey, plus the following non-member economies: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, India, Indonesia, Lithuania, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russian Federation, South Africa, Chinese Taipei and Thailand.

Activities of Foreign Affiliates Databases
www.oecd.org/sti/measuring-globalisation

Inward and outward activities of foreign multinationals in manufacturing and services at mainly 2-digit ISIC Rev. 3 level including:

• number of establishments
• number of employees
• production/turnover/value-added
• compensation of employees
• R&D expenditures
• number of researchers
• gross fixed capital formation
• intra-firm exports and exports
• infra-firm imports and imports
• gross operating surplus
• technological payments
• technological receipts

Countries: 28 OECD countries for manufacturing and 25 OECD countries for services with information on activities of OECD multinationals in emerging and developing countries.

Technology Balance of Payments Database

Provides data on the technology balance of payments receipts, total payments and payments as a percentage of gross domestic expenditure on R&D.

Countries: 24 OECD member countries including Mexico, plus the following non-member economies: Argentina, Romania, Russian Federation, South Africa and Chinese Taipei.