| Variable | Measurement | Era | SPSS code | N | Source |
| Technology Achievement | Technology Achievement Index: 1) Technology creation (patents granted to residents, receipts of royalties and license fees), 2) Diffusion of recent innovations (internet hosts, high- and medium-technology exports), 3)Diffusion of old innovations (telephones, electricity consumption), 4) Human skills (mean years of schooling, gross tertiary science enrolment ratio). | 2000 | TechnologyAchievement_00 | 62 | UN-HDR 2001 table A2.1 |
| Patents | granted to residents per million people | 2000 | Patents_2000 | 60 | UN-HDR 2004 table 12 |
| 2005 | Patents_2005 | 70 | UN-HDR 2007 rable 13 | ||
| R&D | % GDP spend on Research and Development | 2000-2004 | ResearchExpexpenditure_2000.05 | 93 | UN-HDR 2007 table 13 |
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Related topics: Economic competitiveness Industrialization Informatization |
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Keywords added: Cross-national, Development, Innovations, Inventions, Patents