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

Latest update: October 2019

Tiny URL for this page: oe.cd/kni

 

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

 

 

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

 

1. Nanotechnology firms

KNI 1 Number of firms active in nanotechnology, 2008-2017

  

2. Nanotechnology R&D

KNI 2 Nanotechnology R&D expenditures in the business sector, 2008-2017

KNI 3 Nanotechnology R&D intensity in the business sector, 2008-2017

 

3. Public-sector nanotechnology R&D

KNI 4 Intramural nanotechnology R&D expenditures in the government and higher education sectors, millions of USD PPP, 2009-2017

KNI 5 Intramural nanotechnology R&D expenditures in the government and higher education sectors as a percentage of total government and higher education sectors R&D expenditures, 2009-2017
  

4. Nanotechnology patents

KNI 6 Share of countries in nanotechnology patents, 2000-2017

KNI 7 Revealed technological advantage in nanotechnologies, 2005-2007 and 2015-2017
  

Methodology: Nanotechnology statistics methodology 2019 (xls)

Also available: Key biotechnology indicators