Measuring Global Design Capabilities

This dataset evaluates global design capabilities across 153 countries, combining metrics on design awards, industrial design registrations, trademarks, and competitiveness scores. It includes country-level information such as region, logarithmic transformations of design outputs, and principal components (PCA1, PCA2, PCA3) derived from these variables. The dataset integrates historical design competitiveness rankings (DCR, GDC) and comparative indices like the Global Design Ranking (GDR) and International Design Scoreboard (IDS). It provides comprehensive data for benchmarking national design ecosystems, offering insights into the relationship between design outputs and competitiveness through multivariate analyses, enabling regional and global trend evaluations for design policy and innovation studies.