ICT sector statistics
Measurement issues, Indicators and Policy relevance
WSIS Forum 2011
Geneva, 17 May 2011
Pierre Montagnier, OECD
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Outline
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Conceptual framework and historical
background
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Definition and evolution
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Indicators
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Policy relevance
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A conceptual framework
ICT supply (producers and production)
Which industries? Constitute the ICT sector
Which entities? Produce ICT goods and services
About them? Industry, size, other characteristics
About their products? Type of, and revenue from,
ICT goods and services produced
How much? Expenditure, wages & salaries,
income, profit, value added, capital expenditure
g Business demographics,
How long?
g p
, established
vs new entities
Employment? How many persons are employed,
their occupations, qualifications, gender; demand
for skills
Where? Location of operations, customers,
suppliers
Innovation Innovative activities of producers
(patenting, R&D)
What impacts? On the entity, economy, society
ICT demand (users and uses)
ICT infrastructure
Investment and
services on which the
Information Society
relies
ICT products
Definitions and classifications
Imports and exports
Price and quality
Which entities? Use ICT G&S
About them? Industry, size, socio-demographic
and labour force characteristics etc.
Which activities? Use of the Internet, e-business,
e-commerce
How? Technologies used, means of Internet
access, changes in technology, IT security
measures
How much? E-commerce income and expenditure,
ICT expenditure and investment
When? Most recent use, when started using,
frequency, time use patterns
Employment? Use of ICT by those employed, ICT
specialists and generalists, demand for skills,
nature of work affected by ICT
Where? Location of users, customers, suppliers
Why? Why not? Motivations and barriers
Information and
electronic content
Definitions and classifications
Producers and products
Users and uses
ICT in a wider context........
Social and economic factors affecting ICT use and development
Effect of domestic policy and regulatory environment on ICT use and development
Influences of ICT on society, the economy and the natural environment
Global factors and relationships
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Historical background
Sectoral definitions
First ICT sector
Definition
Revised ICT sector
Definition
Second ICT sector
Definition
(based on ISIC rev.3)
(based on ISIC rev.3.1)
(based on a late draft of
ISIC rev.4)
First Content
and media sector
Definition
(based on a late
draft of ISIC rev.4)
1998
2002
2003
2007
First ICT Goods
classification
First ICT
Services
classification
First Content and
Media Product
classif.
(based on an early
draft of CPC ver.2)
(based on an late draft of
CPC ver.2)
(based on HS
1996/2002)
2008
2010
Revision to 2007 ICT
services
(based on an late draft of
CPC ver.2)
Second ICT goods
classification
ICT
product
Information
Economy
product
(based on an late draft of
CPC ver.2)
Product definitions
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ICT sector definition and evolution
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An operational definition
2 stage approach to develop an industry based definition with i/ a focus on industries
and ii/ a product-based definition which will in turn be used to refine the industry
definition
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A set of principles for ICT industries:
¾For manufacturing industries, the products of a candidate industry must: be intended to fulfil the function of
information processing and communication, including transmission and display; or use electronic processing to
detect, measure and/or record physical phenomena, or to control a physical process. Components primarily
intended for use in such products are also included.
¾For service industries, the products of a candidate industry must be intended to enable the function of
information processing and communication by electronic means.
Deleted with the 2007 revision
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In a decade
decade, less manufacturing and more services
1998
2002
2007
manufacturing
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services
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ICT sector
selected Indicators
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Share of ICT value added in business sector value added,
selected OECD countries, 1995-2008
%
1995
2008
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
(*) OECD aggregate based on estimates for 28 countries.
** 6420 (Telecommunications) not included.
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Source: OECD, 2010
Growth of ICT sector and total employment in the OECD area
Index 1995=100, compound annual growth rate (%)
150
ICT services
2.7%
140
130
Services 1.6%
120
Total ICT 1.3%
Total business
sector 0.9%
110
100
Manufacturing
-1.0%
ICT manufact.
- 1.3%
90
80
70
60
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Source: OECD, 2010
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Labour productivity growth in ICT and total industries
in selected OECD countries, 1995-2008
Total industries labour productivity growth
ICT labour productivity growth
Annual average growth rate (%)
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Source: OECD, STAN database.
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ICT related Patents, 2006-2008
% of national PCT filings
60
50
40
30
20
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ICT sector measurement
is of high policy relevance
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The economy of a country benefits from ICT in 2
ways:
¾As ICT producer.
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d
ICT sector
t itself
it lf generates
t growth,
th
productivity and innovation
¾ As ICT user. ICT use increases the efficiency of
production processes
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Pillar for many indicators and key to better
understand effects on:
¾Productivity
¾ Innovation
¾ Competitiveness
¾ Growth
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Thank You for your attention
Pierre Montagnier
Economic Analysis and Statistics Division
pierre.montagnier@oecd.org
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