THEME 1: Human resources in RTD

• Researchers (FTE) per 1000 workforce
• New S&T PhDs per 1000 population aged 25-34 years

THEME 2: Public and private investment in RTD

• Total R&D expenditure in % of GDP
• Industry financed R&D as % of industrial output
• Share of government budget allocated to R&D (GBAORD)
• Share of SMEs in publicly funded R&D executed by the business sector (%)
• Venture capital-investment per 1000 GDP

THEME 3: Scientific and technological productivity

• Scientific publications per million population
• Highly cited publications per million population
• European patents per million population
• US patents per million population

THEME 4: Impact of RTD on economic competitiveness and employment

• Labour productivity (GDP per hour worked) in PPS
• Labour productivity (GDP per hour worked) annual average growth %
• Value added in high-tech industries as % of GDP
• Employment in high-tech industries as % of total employment
• Value added of knowledge intensive services as % of GDP
• Employment in knowledge intensive services as % of total employment
• Technology balance of payments receipts as % of GDP
• Technology balance of payments (exports-imports) as % of GDP
• Exports of high-tech products as % of world total