“Measuring the Information Economy”

www.oecd.org/sti/measuring-infoeconomy

WITSA Public Policy Meetinghosted by BIAC

24 October 2002

ICCP’s Statistical Progress

2000

2001

2002

ICT contribution to economic activity, still small but growing

Share of ICT value added in business sector value added

2000 1995

0

5

10

15

20

IRL (9

9)FIN

USA

SWE

UKNDL

OECD 25

JAPAN

NOR

CAN (98)

EU 14

DNK FRAESP

ITA

DEU (99)

GRE (99)

%

KOR (99)

NZL

HUN (99)

BELCZE

PRT (99)AUT

AUSM

EXSVK

but who is the producer?

0

20

40

60

80

100Ir

elan

d

Hu

ng

ary

Un

ited

Kin

gd

om

Ital

y

Net

her

lan

ds

Fin

lan

d

Fra

nce

Sw

eden

Ger

man

y

Un

ited

Sta

tes

%

Share of turnover of foreign affiliates in computer manufacturing (ISIC 30), 1998

… and who is the user?

0

10

20

30

40

Spain

Portugal

Belgiu

m

Austria

France

Irela

nd

Greec

e

Japan

Italy EU

Denm

ark

Germ

any

Nether

lands

Canad

a

Sweden UK

Austra

lia

Finla

ndUSA

1980 1990 2000

%

ICT investment, percentage of non-residential gross fixed capital formation, total economy

ICT contribution to innovation … Europe

lagging behind

0

15

30

45

FIN IRLKOR

NED

Japan

SWECAN

US

IRL

UK

OECD

FRA

EU

DNKNOR

DEUBEL

ESPGRE

AUTIT

APRT

%

1998 1990

ICT patents as a % of total national patents filed at EPO, for priority years

1990, 1998

Households with access to Internet, 2000

… and what about Internet access in households

DenmarkUnited States Canada SwedenNetherlands United KingdomFinlandNew ZealandSwitzerlandJapanAustraliaGermany IrelandAustria ItalyPortugalFrance BelgiumTurkeyMexico

% 010203040506070

2001

2000

Individuals frequently using the Internet

0

20

40

60

80

Sweden

Finla

nd

Denm

ark

Canad

a

Nether

lands

UK

Austra

lia

France

Austria

Italy

Turkey

Mex

ico

Individuals using the InternetIndividuals using the Internet dailyIndividuals using the Internet at least once a week%

And businesses? Buying and selling over the Internet is not

very common yet

0

20

40

60

80

100

Denm

ark

Japan

Finla

nd

Sweden

Austra

lia

New Z

eala

nd

Austria

Norway

Nether

lands

Italy

Portugal

Canad

a

Spain

UK

Luxem

bourg

Greec

e

%Businesses (+10) using the Internet Businesses (+10) receiving orders over the Internet

Businesses (+10) ordering over the Internet

and payment and delivery even less...

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Denm

ark

Norway

Sweden

Finla

nd

Austra

lia (2

000-

01)

Austria

Luxem

bourg

Greec

e

Spain

Portugal

Italy

% sales delivery of digitised products receiving on-line payments

Business using the Internet in trasaction-related business processes, 2000

1.8% (UK) 5.20% (UK)

0.40% (Canada)

0.40% (Australia, 1999-2000)

0.90% (Denmark) 0.94% (UK) 5.95% (UK)

0.70% (Finland)

1.04% (UK) 1.2% (USA, 4rd Q 2001)

0.40% (Canada) 1.1% (USA, 4th Q 2000)

0.10% (France, 1999) 0.20% (Austria) 1.4% (UK)

Web commerce

Internet commerce

Electronic commerce

Business sector

Retail sector

Business sector (excluding financial sector)

BROADER

BROADER

Internet commerce still small ….

Official estimates of Web, Internet and electronic commerce transactions.

Percentage of total sales or revenues.

0.40% (Italy)

(Sweden)13.30%

2.00% (Sweden)

mainly b-to-b transactions

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Singapore

Korea (3)

Portugal (1)

Austria (1)

Norway

Sweden

United Kingdom

Denmark (2)

Canada

Finland

Luxembourg (1)

Households

Public sector

Enterprises

Public Sector and enterprises

Share of Internet sales by type of customer, 2000

and mainly domestic

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

United Kingdom

Finland

Austria

Norway

Canada

Spain

Denmark (2001)

Sweden

Italy

Luxembourg

Abroad European Union Domestic

Share of Internet sales in domestic and international markets, 2000

Businesses facing security issues by firm size

Percentage of computer users, 2000

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Austria

Denm

ark

Spain

Finla

nd

Greec

eIta

ly

Luxem

bourg

Portugal

Sweden

United K

ingdom

%10-49 50-249 250+

Small and large businesses facing barriers

to Internet payments

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

ITA ESP AUT UK FIN GRE DNK LUX SWE PRT

%

10-49 50-249 250+ 10+

Percentage of businesses using a computer