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Note: USc/kwh = US cents per kilowatt-hour; PPP = purchasing power parity; $/MWh = US dollar per megawatt hour;
$/MMBTU = US dollar per metric million British thermal units; TPES = unit of total primary energy supply; MJ/$ = megajoules
per unit of GDP in US dollars; GJ/capita = gigajoule per capita; t/capita = tonnes per capita; kgCO2/GJ = kilogram of carbon
dioxide per gigajoule; MtCO2e/GJ = megatonnes of CO2 equivalent per gigajoule; $/tCO2 = US dollar per tonne of carbon dioxide.
Source: World Economic Forum.Sub-
dimension Indicator Definition Data sourcesEnabling factorsInnovation Innovative business environment
(number)Average scores for survey scale questions
assessing the degree to which companies
adapt their business models to embrace risky
or disruptive business ideas, the extent to which
they participate in mutually beneficial collaboration
on R&D, the extent to which new companies with
innovative ideas grow and disrupt established
firms, and the extent to which there is a culture
of taking risks to pursue entrepreneurial projectsWorld Economic
Forum, Executive
Opinion Survey
R&D as a share of GDP (%) R&D spend as a percentage of GDP , across
business enterprises, government, higher
education and private non-profit sectorsWorld Bank
Diffusion of environment-related
technologies (%)Ability to convert R&D investment into
environmental innovation; captures a country’s
capability to generate targeted environmental
technologies from R&D efforts
Measured as the number of inventions in
a defined set of environmental technology
areas (e.g. GHG capture, storage, sequestration
and disposal, climate change mitigation) as
a share of total environment-related inventions
(environmental management, water-related
adaptation, climate mitigation), normalized by
total R&D spendingOECD
Education
and
human
capitalJobs in low-carbon industries (%) Share of industrial employment in low-carbon
jobs relative to total population, indicating
workforce shift to sustainable sectors
Low-carbon sectors including: solar PV, wind,
biogas, biofuels, geothermal, hydropower, ocean
energy, waste-to-energy, concentrated solar
power and solar heating/coolingInternational
Renewable
Energy Agency,
World Bank
Labour market competitiveness
(number)Average score of scaled survey questions on
local skilled labour availability, education system
quality and systems’ ability to teach digital and
technological skillsWorld Economic
Forum, Executive
Opinion Survey
Global Talent Competitiveness Index
(number)A country’s ability to attract, develop, and
retain talent, as measured by the Global Talent
Competitiveness Index average scores for mid-
level and high-level skillsINSEAD
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