Division of Evaluation and Analysis
The Division of Evaluation and Analysis monitors R&D activities and resource allocation in Iceland, evaluates the results of scientific research, technical development and innovation and participates in international benchmarking of the results.
The researchers and senior advisors at Rannis play an active part in collaborative Nordic and European projects in areas relating to statistics and policy-making in science, technology, innovation and other aspects of the knowledge-based economy.
For further information on these projects and on the statistics compiled by Rannís, please refer to the contact information in the column on the right.
Statistics on Economic Development
Development of GDP from 1990 to 1998 by periods
Statistics on Education
Doctoral degrees obtained by Icelanders
Every year, the Analysis, Evaluation and Indicators division at the Icelandic Centre for Research (RANNIS) gathers information on the number of Icelanders who graduate with a doctoral degree from institutes in Iceland and abroad. RANNIS strives to compile very accurate data, especially since the number of new doctorates has often been used to estimate the capabilities of a country in science and technology. RANNIS gathers this information by using the Mbl database (www.mbl.is/gagnasafn), as well as gathering data from the Icelandic universities which offer doctoral education. The data is sent to NORBAL which is a statistical database with information on the number of people who have completed their degree, as well as information on people currently undertaking their degree. NORBAL publishes the information from Iceland together with data from the other Nordic countries and the Baltic states.
Information on Icelandic doctoral degrees from the year 1990 is presented in the following tables. Tables 1a-d show the total number of Icelanders who have completed their doctoral degrees. Tables 2a-b only show graduations from Icelandic universities. Table 3 has information on the current number of doctarate degree students in Icelandic universities.
Article on the 2004 statistics on Icelandic doctorate degree holders.
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Table 1a. Number of Icelanders completing a doctoral degree in Iceland and abroad from 1990-2004 |
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Table 1c. Number of Icelanders completing a doctoral degree in 1990-2004 by country of listing |
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Table 1d. Number of Icelanders completing a doctoral degree in Iceland and abroad from 1995-2004 by field of science |
| Table 3. Number of Icelanders currently undertaking a doctoral degree in Iceland. By field of science, gender and year |
Statistics on international trade
Development of GDP from 1990 to 1998 by periods
Statistics on Innovation
The Community Innovation Survey (CIS)
Rannís collects data on innovation activities within business enterprises in Iceland on a regular basis, using information supplied by Statistics Iceland. This inititative is part of a European Project, the CIS (Community Innovation Survey), which is conducted by Eurostat in collaboration with the OECD. The Community Innovation Surveys are a series of surveys that are executed throughout the European Union and in Norway and Iceland. The harmonized surveys are designed to give information on the innovativity of different sectors and regions. Data from these surveys is used for the annual European Innovation Scoreboard and for academic research on innovation.
Please refer to the following publications for statistics on innovation in Iceland:
| Innovation Union Scoreboard 2010 |
| European Innovation Scoreboard 2009 |
| European Innovation Scoreboard 2008 |
| European Innovation Scoreboard 2007 |
| European Innovation Scoreboard 2006 |
