General Links to Science & Technology Data

Central Statistical Office (CSO), Trinidad and Tobago http://www.cso.gov.tt

Central Statistical Office (CSO) is a division of the Ministry of Planning and Development, Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Visit the CSO website for the following official statistics on Trinidad and Tobago:

• National Accounts

• Trade Travel and Economic Indicators 

• Agriculture

• Population, Social and Vital Statistics

• Continuous Sample Survey of Population

• Geographic Information Systems

UNESCO Institute of Statistics http://www.uis.unesco.org

This site has selected science and technology tables from UNESCO Statistical Yearbook 1999. Provides global statistics on education. Statistics on “Tertiary education: students and graduates by broad field of study including Natural Sciences and Medical Sciences” are available at:

Database section under Enrolment by level: tertiary link. The database has data from 1970-1997 which can be searched by country, region and year.

Indicator section via the Education indicators – regional and country tables link

Latin America, Caribbean and North America

RICYT – Ibero American/ Inter American Network of Science and Technology Indicators www.ricyt.edu.ar

Bi-lingual (Spanish/English) website which presents science and technology information on 28 countries in North America, Latin America and Caribbean region. Key sections are RICYT, Indicators, S&T Systems, Workshops, Internships. Full text of documents are available in Spanish version of the Virtual Library.

Australia

Australian Bureau of Statistics http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats

For Science and Innovation statistics click on: Other ABS Links>Statistics>Themes category from left side bar.

Canada

Statistics Canada http://www.statcan.ca/start.html

Statistics on innovation, information technology, inventions, research and development, sciences are available under Browse by Subject>Browse Economy > Science and Technology http://www.statcan.ca/english/search/browse-economy.htm

Strategis: Canada’s Business and Consumer site http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/engdoc/main.html.  

Visit the Innovation and Science & Technology Policy Documents section http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/S-Tinfo, where documents published since 1996 are listed and available in full text.

Click on Research, Technology and Innovation tab http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_innov/engdoc/homepage.html for link to Canadian Patent Database; and information on Government research, industry research, intellectual property.

New Zealand

Ministry of Research Science and Technology http://www.morst.govt.nz

This web site provides information on research and innovation policy in New Zealand as well as policy goals.