In 2020, 29,089 articles were published in scientific and technical publications in our country. The number is small if we consider that 744,042 were published that same year in China, 624,554 in the United States, 198,500 in the United Kingdom, 191,590 in India, and 174,524 in Germany. In 28 countries more articles were published than in ours.
In 2018 there were 315 scientific researchers in Mexico for every million inhabitants, in Denmark there were 8,066, in Korea 7,980, in Sweden 7,536, in Finland 6,861, in Singapore 6,803, in Norway 6,467, in Iceland 6,131, in Austria 5,733, in the Netherlands 5,605 and in New Zealand 5,530. Among 126 countries, Mexico was in 89th place.
In 2021, 1,993 patents were requested in Mexico, a figure that pales in comparison to the 1,538,558 that were requested in China, at 1,875,363 in the US, at 412,856 in Japan, at 267,517 in Korea, at 66,087 in France, at 53,612 in United Kingdom, at 48,267 in Switzerland, at 43,133 in India, at 34,175 in Italy and at 32,770 in the Netherlands. Among 161 countries, Mexico was in 33rd place.
Also in 2021, registrations were requested for 1,756 industrial designs in our country. In China there were 1,512,842, in Germany 540,676, in the United States 392,236, in Italy 350,434, in France 227,888, in Poland 156,341, in the United Kingdom 135,239, in Switzerland 117,831, in Korea 116,680 and in Spain 101,587. Out of 161 countries, ours was ranked 50th.
In the 2022 Global Innovation Index prepared by the World Intellectual Property Organization, which classifies 132 countries according to their innovative performance, Mexico ranks 58th.
The 2023 Technology and Innovation Report prepared by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) “highlights the opportunities that green innovation (goods and services with smaller carbon footprints) offers developing countries to stimulate the economic growth and improving technological capabilities and analyzes the market size of 17 green and frontier technologies, such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and electric vehicles, and their potential to create jobs (…) presents a ‘readiness index’ that ranks 166 countries on the basis of five ‘building blocks’: ICT deployment, skills, research and development (R&D) activity, industry activity and access to finance. In this index, Mexico ranks 61.
The previous data shows the scientific and technological backwardness of our country, compared to many other economies.
The law that created the National Science and Technology Council (Conacyt) issued in 1970, and the Science and Technology and Organic Laws of the National Science and Technology Council issued in 2002, which sought to “promote, strengthen, develop and consolidate scientific research, technological development and innovation in general in the country”.
Based on the background, the General Law on Humanities, Sciences, Technologies and Innovation (LGMHCTI) recently approved by the legislators of Morena, PVEM, PT and PES will be of little use.
Our politicians love to create laws without worrying about how they should transform reality.
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