These biotechnology indicators are produced by the OECD’s Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI).

Latest update: November 2023

Tiny URL for this page: oe.cd/kbi

 

 

Click on the links below to go to the graphs and get to the underlying data in Excel format

  

1. Biotechnology firms

KBI 1 Number of firms active in biotechnology, 2006-2021

2. Biotechnology R&D

KBI 2 Biotechnology R&D expenditures in the business sector, 2006-2021

KBI 3 Biotechnology R&D intensity in the business sector, 2006-2021

 

3. Public-sector biotechnology R&D

KBI 4 Intramural biotechnology R&D expenditures in the government and higher education sectors, millions of USD PPP, 2005-2021

KBI 5 Intramural biotechnology R&D expenditures in the government and higher education sectors as a percentage of total government and higher education sectors R&D expenditures, 2005-2021

 

4. Biotechnology patents

KBI 6 Economies' share in biotechnology-related patents, based on the new biotech definition, OECD countries,  2000-2020

KBI 7 Revealed technological advantage in biotechnologies, based on the new biotech definition, 2008-2010 and 2018-2020

 

Methodology: Biotechnology statistics methodology 2023 (xls)

 

 Also available: Key nanotechnology indicators 

See also: Revised proposal for the revision of the statistical definitions of biotechnology and nanotechnology (January 2018)