Science, technology and industry scoreboard: how do countries compare?

Where people lose their jobs? What are the access points of the university of science? Find the latest OECD statistics that show how trends in science, technology and industry of a country to compare

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When people have lost their jobs in Europe? Why do American universities senior in the world of science?

The final tableau of Science, Technology and Industry published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shows that U.S. universities are leading the way for research worldwide.

top 50 research institutions in all areas are 40 American universities - leading to a large extent by the chemistry, computer science and neuroscience. The UK has the second highest number of major research universities. The report highlights the strength of the leading institutions in the UK for thematic areas such as agricultural science and biological and environmental sciences.

The U.S. also leads the ranking of the reputation of universities around the world earlier this year, taking almost half of the 100 best places in the UK boasting the second largest number of 'renowned universities.

research and development represented $ 400 billion spending in the U.S. in 2009, the highest of the countries compared. China and Japan spent the highest amounts of the second and third place respectively.

marker OECD also highlight the declining quality of patent applications filed in the last decade. An average decrease of 20% was observed between 1990 and 2000. The United States, Germany and Japan leading the way as innovators, with the largest number of patents cited inventors.

With over 180 comparable indicators, the total score focuses on trends in science, technology and industry. We have compiled a selection that you can download the spreadsheet.

The above table by our graphic designer, Finbarr Sheehy, shows that the access points of the university agrees with the OECD to research the topic. We have already published classification research company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), which examines best universities in the matter - although the research is only part of the methodology of these tables. Interestingly, the U.S. is ranked first in both tables.

We are also able to see where the greatest losses were in Europe during the period 2009-2010 the graph. The industry of mining, manufacturing and services saw the largest number of jobs in the Czech Republic and Italy, see the greatest changes.

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