Extended Historical Adoption of Technology Dataset 2.0

This data is associated with the article "Drivers of technology diffusion speed in countries" in Nature Communications. Each file is described below. File Description HATCH_variable_descriptions.xlsx Description of each variable and sources HATCH_national_1.5.csv Time series of technology adoption across countries. Each row is a unique technology-country time series. HATCH_growth_characteristics.csv Includes growth metrics for each time series as well as technology and country characterstics for each time series. Complexity.xlsx Level of complexity for each technology in HATCH data. Feedstock.xlsx Metric of feedstock for each technology in HATCH data. Granularity.xlsx Sources and metrics of granularity for each technology in HATCH data. MaterialUse.xlsx Sources and metrics of material use for each technology in HATCH data. Need_for_Customization.xlsx Level of need for customizzation for each technology in HATCH data. Tech_Lifetime.xlsx Sources and metrics of technology lifetime for each technology in HATCH data. Tech_Replacement.xlsx Metric of technology replacement for each technology in HATCH data. Technology Categories.xlsx Technology category for each technology in HATCH data. Type_of_Adopter.xlsx Categorization of type of adopter for each technology in HATCH data. Year_of_Commercialization.xlsx Sources and metrics of year of commercialization for each technology in HATCH data. More details on each of these variables and the analysis is available in the main paper. To cite this data, please cite this dataset and the article, which can be found at DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73563-6.