Benchmarking R&D — sound familiar?
OECD MSTI and WIPO, connected — compare intensity, output, and efficiency.
01 · COUNTRY DASHBOARD
Every country, one R&D verdict.
Read the innovation assessment before the charts.
Pick a country and get an instant verdict — "Frontier ≥4%," "Leader," "Emerging." Five dimensions (R&D intensity, output, commercialization, efficiency, human capital) summarized at the top, with five tabs of detail below.
Country Dashboard
GERD/GDP 4.94% — Frontier ≥4%.
5y CAGR +3.2% — above OECD average of 2.7%. World-leading R&D intensity.
4.94%
Frontier ≥4%
9,472/mn
World-leading
127K
+2.1% YoY
84K/yr
OA rate 43%
GERD/GDP ranking · OECD
latest year
02 · COUNTRY COMPARISON
Who leads, who is catching up.
Ranking, multi-country overlay, radar, and gap analysis.
Rank any peer group on GERD/GDP, patents, or articles. Overlay up to 20 countries on the same trend line. See the radar profile vs group mean. Measure how far each country is from the frontier.
02B · COMPARISON TABLE
Every key indicator, one table.
GDP, GERD, R&D intensity, researchers, patents, articles, hi-tech share, IP net — sorted by GERD/GDP.
The comparison table is the fastest way to benchmark a country across all dimensions at once. Green = positive, red = deficit. Sort by any column.
R&D country comparison — key indicators
Sorted by GERD/GDP %. Source: World Bank WDI + OpenAlex.
| Country | GDP | GERD | GERD/GDP | 5y CAGR | Res./mn | Patents | Articles | IP Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | $0.5T | $34B | 6.35% | +4.3% | — | 2K | 13K | $615M |
| Korea | $1.9T | $93B | 4.94% | +3.2% | 9,472 | 186K | 46K | -$2.7B |
| United States | $28.8T | $991B | 3.45% | +2.3% | 4,937 | 262K | 421K | $115B |
| Japan | $4.0T | $139B | 3.44% | +1.7% | 5,609 | 222K | 68K | $21.6B |
| Germany | $4.7T | $148B | 3.15% | +0.3% | 5,926 | 40K | 99K | $19.3B |
| China | $18.7T | $483B | 2.58% | +4.0% | 2,107 | 1.43M | 442K | -$35.7B |
| France | $3.2T | $69B | 2.18% | -0.2% | 5,369 | 13K | 62K | $3.9B |
Showing 7 of 20 countries. Full table in app.
03 · ANALYTICS
Eight ways to see the data.
Bubble, quadrant, race chart, slope, COVID impact, and scatter matrix.
Place every country in a GERD × articles × patents bubble. Race the leaderboard across decades. See who climbed and who fell on a slope chart. Measure pre/post-pandemic R&D resilience. Explore pairwise correlations with a click.
GERD/GDP × Articles × Patents
bubble size = patent applications
Two-stage DEA — combined scores
Overall = √(S1 × S2)
| Country | S1 Production | S2 Commercial | Overall | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 100% | 85% | 92% | Frontier S1 |
| KOR | 97% | 100% | 98% | Frontier S2 |
| GBR | 100% | 99% | 100% | Frontier |
| JPN | 72% | 100% | 85% | Efficient S2 |
| DEU | 82% | 100% | 91% | Efficient S2 |
| CHN | 96% | 79% | 87% | Moderate |
| FRA | 100% | 99% | 100% | Frontier |
S1: GERD+Researchers→Articles+Patents · S2: Articles+Patents→Hi-tech+IP
04 · EFFICIENCY & DEA
Who gets more out of every dollar?
Two-stage DEA: inputs → knowledge → commercial value.
Measure how efficiently countries convert R&D spending and researchers into patents and articles (Stage 1), then how well those outputs generate hi-tech exports and IP income (Stage 2). Peer countries show who to benchmark against.
05 · RESEARCH OUTPUT
Patents, papers, and technology trade.
Four output modules: patents, articles, IP, and hi-tech exports.
Track resident patent filings and PCT applications. See publication trends, open access transition, and researcher productivity. Measure IP trade balance — is the country a net technology exporter? And monitor hi-tech export share against OECD avg 18%.
Article output growth — KOR vs peers
% change since 2017. Source: OpenAlex.
2017 → 2023 cumulative growth in academic articles
R&D trends — CAGR comparison table
Latest values and compound annual growth rates. Sorted by GERD/GDP.
| Country | GERD/GDP | 5y CAGR | 10y CAGR | Patents | Pat. 5y | Articles | Art. eff. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 6.35% | +4.3% | +4.7% | 2K | +2.6% | 13K | 823 |
| Korea | 4.94% | +3.2% | +2.7% | 186K | +4.0% | 46K | 1163 |
| Sweden | 3.60% | +1.4% | +1.6% | 2K | -2.9% | 24K | 2335 |
| USA | 3.45% | +2.3% | +2.7% | 262K | -2.8% | 421K | 966 |
| Japan | 3.44% | +1.7% | +0.2% | 222K | -3.9% | 68K | 1085 |
| Germany | 3.15% | +0.3% | +1.2% | 40K | -4.5% | 99K | 1391 |
| Finland | 3.09% | +2.4% | -0.2% | 2K | +2.9% | 12K | 2796 |
| China | 2.58% | +4.0% | +2.9% | 1.43M | +3.4% | 442K | 1973 |
Art. eff. = articles per $B GERD. Full 20-country table in app.
05B · CAGR TRENDS TABLE
Growth momentum in one table.
5y and 10y CAGR side by side — who is accelerating, who is stalling.
CAGR separates structural trajectory from recent noise. A country with +4% 5y CAGR but flat 10y is accelerating. One with strong 10y but negative 5y is losing momentum. Article efficiency (art/$B GERD) shows output quality relative to investment.
GII 2023 · Top 10
06 · INNOVATION
From lab to market.
Commercialization, IP balance, and GII ranking.
See how R&D translates into commercial value: hi-tech export share, IP receipts, trademarks. Trace the IP trade balance year by year. And benchmark against the WIPO Global Innovation Index 2023 — with full table and score breakdown.
Country CSV
Per-country WB + OpenAlex combined series — one file per ISO3.
WB WDI
GERD/GDP, researchers, patents, hi-tech exports, IP charges.
OpenAlex
Academic articles, OA rate, field-level breakdown (26 fields).
Bulk pack
Every bundled dataset in one download for offline use.
07 · DATA HUB
Every dataset, already loaded.
Inspect, preview, and download any CSV.
Global R&D Lab ships with pre-built bundles from World Bank WDI and OpenAlex. Data Hub is the inventory — search by file, filter by source, preview 100 rows, download individually or as a pack.
08 · HELP
Never stuck.
Guides on every chart, a Help Center one click away.
Each chart has a Guide button explaining what it shows, when to use it, and how to read the verdict. The Help Center catalogs every page with a glossary of R&D and innovation concepts.
In-chart guides
Every chart has a Guide button — methodology, thresholds, interpretation.
Page catalog
Help Center lists all pages with what each produces and when to use it.
Concept glossary
GERD, DEA, CAGR, OA rate, GII — defined in plain language.
ALL IN ONE LAB
Everything Global R&D Lab does.
R&D investment, output, and innovation efficiency across countries.
R&D intensity
GERD as % of GDP, with frontier/leader/emerging tiers.
Investment breakdown
By sector, source of funds, and field of research.
Research output
Publications, citations, and patents (WIPO).
Innovation efficiency (DEA)
Frontier analysis of output per unit of R&D input.
Human resources
Researchers per capita and by sector.
Country profiles
A full R&D snapshot for any single country.
Multi-country comparison
Compare economies on one scale, over time.
Rankings & trends
Rank on any indicator; track long-run trends.
OECD · WIPO connected
Pre-connected sources, exportable — with auto interpretation.
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