International position of Sweden
Despite its relatively small size, Sweden has long been at the forefront in research and development. For several decades, the Swedish government, committed to strengthening R & D, has set ambitious goals with regard to science and research. That determination has helped make the country a leader in innovation. Indeed, Sweden is among the countries ranked in the world in terms of percentage of GDP spent on R & D.
For many years, Sweden is a predominant player among OECD countries in terms of investment in technology and its use. Compared with other countries in the world, the manufacture of high technology products in Sweden is relatively high in all segments of high technology, especially telecommunications and pharmaceuticals. Statistics show that during the entire period from 1970 to 2003, the NSI Swedish was one of the best in the OECD for its ability to produce technological inventions, what is being measured by the number international patents in relation to the population. The statistics that assess the country’s award triadic patents (ie in the three areas of attribution: USA, EU and Japan) were even more remarkable. Only Switzerland has managed to get a better result that Sweden in this regard.
Besides, Sweden ranked first or second in 2001 for the number of scientific publications in proportion to population, in the fields of medical sciences, natural sciences and engineering. Sweden was the first in medical science and second, after Switzerland, in the natural sciences and engineering.
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