Botswana's r&d spending rose from 0.5 % in 2005 to 0.6 % in 2013.
Botswana · Innovation, research & technology
R&D, patents, publications, researchers and high-tech.
9 indicators · 9 with data
Research
Botswana's researchers in r&d (per million people) rose from 168.1 /M in 2012 to 179.8 /M in 2013.
Botswana's scientific and technical journal articles rose from 74.5 in 1996 to 383.8 in 2023.
Patents
Botswana's patent applications, residents rose from 1 in 2011 to 3 in 2021.
Botswana's patent applications, nonresidents fell from 18 in 1980 to 2 in 2020.
Botswana's trademark applications, total rose from 329 in 2011 to 663 in 2020.
Technology
Botswana's high-tech exports rose from 0.4 % in 2013 to 0.5 % in 2023.
Botswana's high-technology exports (current us$) fell from US$26.8M in 2013 to US$25.6M in 2023.
Economy
ICT service exports (% of service exports)
% of service exports
101st of 158 · 15th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Botswana's ict service exports (% of service exports) rose from 1.3 % in 1994 to 3.8 % in 2024.