Australian Innovation Statistics

Date published:
18 October 2024

The Australian Innovation Statistics (AIS) tracks the conditions for creating and adopting new technologies and knowledge in Australia, and their impacts on economic productivity.

The AIS includes:

We update the AIS on an ongoing basis. Read our recent updates.

About the statistics

The AIS provides a concise and accessible way to see how the Australian innovation environment is supporting productivity growth. 

The AIS metrics track key enabling factors of innovation relating to the domestic business environment, collaboration, skills, international trade and research and development expenditure. These factors combine to deliver innovation outcomes, including the creation and diffusion of knowledge and technology, and subsequent impacts on the economy.

We developed the AIS with reference to current best practice on innovation measurement. Read more about how we developed the AIS.

Innovation Insights

Data dashboards

  • SRI budget tables

    Annual data on the Australian Government’s budget allocations towards SRI programs.

Learn more about the data

Data downloads

Download all AIS data and citations in XLSX format.