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14 World Bank indicators, compared across Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Costa Rica. Each tile carries the annual series and the latest known value for each country, sorted from highest to lowest. Hover a chart to read a given year, open a tile for the full page.

Indicators published
14of 14 for these countries
Countries compared
8Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Costa Rica
Period covered
1960 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
3,051on this page, all series

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14 indicators

Internet usersIT.NET.USER.ZS · %
19902025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands97.01%2024
  • Spain95.76%2024
  • United States94.69%2024
  • Germany93.5%2024
  • China91.6%2025
  • Italy89.22%2024
  • Costa Rica87.17%2024
  • South Sudan6.67%2019
Mobile subscriptions /100IT.CEL.SETS.P2
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Costa Rica136.022024
  • Italy132.582024
  • China131.752024
  • Spain130.262024
  • Germany129.152024
  • Netherlands128.542024
  • United States113.192024
  • South Sudan46.622023
R&D / GDPGB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS · %
19962023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States3.45%2023
  • Germany3.15%2023
  • China2.58%2023
  • Netherlands2.27%2023
  • Spain1.49%2023
  • Italy1.38%2023
  • Costa Rica0.34%2023
Fixed broadband /100IT.NET.BBND.P2
19982024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China47.192024
  • Germany45.612024
  • Netherlands42.982024
  • Spain39.232024
  • United States38.862024
  • Italy31.782024
  • Costa Rica23.292024
  • South Sudan02023
Secure Internet serversIT.NET.SECR.P6 · /M
20102024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands198,682 /M2024
  • United States196,616 /M2024
  • Germany152,114 /M2024
  • Italy30,647 /M2024
  • Spain29,986 /M2024
  • Costa Rica1,999.84 /M2024
  • China1,413.32 /M2024
  • South Sudan5.27 /M2024
Resident patentsIP.PAT.RESD
19802021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China1.43 m2021
  • United States262,2442021
  • Germany39,8222021
  • Italy10,2812021
  • Netherlands2,0802021
  • Spain1,3082021
  • Costa Rica152021
Non-resident patentsIP.PAT.NRES
19802021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States329,2292021
  • China159,0192021
  • Germany18,7472021
  • Netherlands1,3902021
  • Italy7972021
  • Costa Rica5662021
  • Spain1262021
High-tech exportsTX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS · %
20072024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China26.28%2024
  • United States24.32%2024
  • Netherlands23.47%2024
  • Costa Rica22.86%2024
  • Germany17.98%2024
  • Italy12.28%2024
  • Spain9.28%2024
ICT goods exportsTX.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN · %
20002024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China21.32%2024
  • United States9.05%2024
  • Netherlands8.14%2024
  • Germany4.55%2024
  • Italy2.29%2024
  • Spain1.56%2024
  • Costa Rica1.01%2024
Scientific articlesIP.JRN.ARTC.SC
19962023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China932,7122023
  • United States430,8432023
  • Germany108,7822023
  • Italy82,7712023
  • Spain60,3042023
  • Netherlands32,2072023
  • Costa Rica660.822023
  • South Sudan17.182023
Researchers / millionSP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6 · /M
19962023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands6,563.34 /M2023
  • Germany5,926.07 /M2023
  • United States4,937.49 /M2022
  • Spain3,653.8 /M2023
  • Italy2,855.13 /M2023
  • China2,107.27 /M2023
  • Costa Rica507.76 /M2023
Fixed lines /100IT.MLT.MAIN.P2
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Germany45.422024
  • Spain38.052024
  • Italy34.212024
  • United States23.612024
  • Netherlands21.812024
  • Costa Rica11.92024
  • China11.732024
  • South Sudan02023
High-tech exports ($)TX.VAL.TECH.CD · $
20072024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China856.76 bn $2024
  • Germany246.64 bn $2024
  • United States232.91 bn $2024
  • Netherlands103.04 bn $2024
  • Italy60.16 bn $2024
  • Spain23.8 bn $2024
  • Costa Rica2.95 bn $2024

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