Table 16 Breakdown of the average technology improvement rate by digital, non-digital, and all patents for different countries and industries
From: Digital technologies, technological improvement rates, and innovations “Made in Switzerland”
Industry | Country | \({\mu _{non-dig}}\) | \({share_{non-dig}}\) | \({\mu _{dig}}\) | \({share_{dig}}\) | \({\mu _{all}}\) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chemical | South Korea | 11.9 | * | 0.82 | + | 27.2 | * | 0.18 | = | 14.7 |
Chemical | Japan | 11.9 | * | 0.80 | + | 24.1 | * | 0.20 | = | 14.4 |
Chemical | China | 11.3 | * | 0.91 | + | 27.8 | * | 0.09 | = | 12.9 |
Chemical | UK | 11.8 | * | 0.95 | + | 32.8 | * | 0.05 | = | 12.8 |
Chemical | Canada | 11.2 | * | 0.87 | + | 16.9 | * | 0.13 | = | 12.0 |
Chemical | USA | 11.4 | * | 0.94 | + | 21.9 | * | 0.06 | = | 12.0 |
Chemical | Germany | 11.3 | * | 0.96 | + | 25.3 | * | 0.04 | = | 11.9 |
Chemical | Switzerland | 10.8 | * | 0.97 | + | 22.4 | * | 0.03 | = | 11.2 |
Chemical | France | 10.5 | * | 0.97 | + | 22.7 | * | 0.03 | = | 10.8 |
Computer/ICT | Canada | 20.3 | * | 0.03 | + | 95.5 | * | 0.97 | = | 92.9 |
Computer/ICT | UK | 20.5 | * | 0.03 | + | 91.8 | * | 0.97 | = | 89.5 |
Computer/ICT | USA | 20.1 | * | 0.05 | + | 90.9 | * | 0.95 | = | 87.5 |
Computer/ICT | Switzerland | 18.0 | * | 0.07 | + | 83.1 | * | 0.93 | = | 78.6 |
Computer/ICT | China | 17.7 | * | 0.09 | + | 79.9 | * | 0.91 | = | 74.2 |
Computer/ICT | France | 18.7 | * | 0.05 | + | 71.5 | * | 0.95 | = | 68.9 |
Computer/ICT | Germany | 19.2 | * | 0.07 | + | 72.3 | * | 0.93 | = | 68.7 |
Computer/ICT | South Korea | 16.7 | * | 0.04 | + | 63.5 | * | 0.96 | = | 61.6 |
Computer/ICT | Japan | 18.6 | * | 0.07 | + | 60.8 | * | 0.93 | = | 57.9 |
Electrical | Japan | 14.7 | * | 0.83 | + | 26.8 | * | 0.17 | = | 16.7 |
Electrical | China | 15.1 | * | 0.88 | + | 24.4 | * | 0.12 | = | 16.2 |
Electrical | South Korea | 13.6 | * | 0.87 | + | 30.3 | * | 0.13 | = | 15.7 |
Electrical | Germany | 13.8 | * | 0.87 | + | 25.4 | * | 0.13 | = | 15.3 |
Electrical | France | 13.3 | * | 0.82 | + | 24.2 | * | 0.18 | = | 15.3 |
Electrical | USA | 12.9 | * | 0.87 | + | 28.0 | * | 0.13 | = | 14.9 |
Electrical | UK | 13.1 | * | 0.88 | + | 22.5 | * | 0.12 | = | 14.2 |
Electrical | Canada | 12.9 | * | 0.90 | + | 26.3 | * | 0.10 | = | 14.2 |
Electrical | Switzerland | 12.6 | * | 0.94 | + | 23.4 | * | 0.06 | = | 13.2 |
Machinery | South Korea | 13.6 | * | 0.46 | + | 45.4 | * | 0.54 | = | 30.9 |
Machinery | Japan | 14.6 | * | 0.38 | + | 36.0 | * | 0.62 | = | 27.9 |
Machinery | China | 9.8 | * | 0.61 | + | 45.3 | * | 0.39 | = | 23.7 |
Machinery | UK | 10.4 | * | 0.75 | + | 49.8 | * | 0.25 | = | 20.4 |
Machinery | USA | 10.8 | * | 0.72 | + | 42.7 | * | 0.28 | = | 19.9 |
Machinery | Canada | 9.6 | * | 0.74 | + | 40.2 | * | 0.26 | = | 17.4 |
Machinery | France | 10.5 | * | 0.79 | + | 42.9 | * | 0.21 | = | 17.3 |
Machinery | Switzerland | 10.5 | * | 0.80 | + | 42.4 | * | 0.20 | = | 16.8 |
Machinery | Germany | 12.2 | * | 0.86 | + | 38.1 | * | 0.14 | = | 15.8 |
Medical | UK | 19.3 | * | 0.88 | + | 44.8 | * | 0.12 | = | 22.5 |
Medical | Japan | 19.4 | * | 0.77 | + | 26.2 | * | 0.23 | = | 21.0 |
Medical | South Korea | 18.5 | * | 0.80 | + | 27.6 | * | 0.20 | = | 20.3 |
Medical | Germany | 18.9 | * | 0.82 | + | 26.2 | * | 0.18 | = | 20.2 |
Medical | France | 17.8 | * | 0.90 | + | 38.8 | * | 0.10 | = | 19.9 |
Medical | Canada | 17.7 | * | 0.86 | + | 33.3 | * | 0.14 | = | 19.9 |
Medical | USA | 18.9 | * | 0.91 | + | 28.4 | * | 0.09 | = | 19.8 |
Medical | Switzerland | 18.8 | * | 0.86 | + | 22.6 | * | 0.14 | = | 19.3 |
Medical | China | 15.9 | * | 0.82 | + | 30.7 | * | 0.18 | = | 18.6 |
Pharma | South Korea | 7.8 | * | 0.86 | + | 19.7 | * | 0.14 | = | 9.4 |
Pharma | Japan | 8.0 | * | 0.88 | + | 15.1 | * | 0.12 | = | 8.9 |
Pharma | USA | 7.8 | * | 0.94 | + | 12.8 | * | 0.06 | = | 8.1 |
Pharma | UK | 7.8 | * | 0.96 | + | 15.1 | * | 0.04 | = | 8.1 |
Pharma | Germany | 7.8 | * | 0.94 | + | 12.1 | * | 0.06 | = | 8.1 |
Pharma | Switzerland | 7.8 | * | 0.97 | + | 12.5 | * | 0.03 | = | 8.0 |
Pharma | France | 7.8 | * | 0.97 | + | 12.7 | * | 0.03 | = | 8.0 |
Pharma | China | 7.6 | * | 0.96 | + | 13.3 | * | 0.04 | = | 7.9 |
Pharma | Canada | 7.6 | * | 0.92 | + | 10.6 | * | 0.08 | = | 7.9 |