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14 World Bank indicators, compared across Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sri Lanka. 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, Sri Lanka
Period covered
1960 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
3,027on 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
  • Sri Lanka54.59%2024
  • South Sudan6.67%2019
Mobile subscriptions /100IT.CEL.SETS.P2
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Italy132.582024
  • Sri Lanka132.552024
  • 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
  • Sri Lanka0.11%2022
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
  • Sri Lanka8.472024
  • 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
  • China1,413.32 /M2024
  • Sri Lanka448.71 /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
  • Sri Lanka2662021
Non-resident patentsIP.PAT.NRES
19802021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States329,2292021
  • China159,0192021
  • Germany18,7472021
  • Netherlands1,3902021
  • Italy7972021
  • Sri Lanka2732021
  • Spain1262021
High-tech exportsTX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS · %
20072024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China26.28%2024
  • United States24.32%2024
  • Netherlands23.47%2024
  • Germany17.98%2024
  • Italy12.28%2024
  • Spain9.28%2024
  • Sri Lanka1.54%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
  • Sri Lanka0.26%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
  • Sri Lanka2,321.862023
  • 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
  • Sri Lanka94.49 /M2022
Fixed lines /100IT.MLT.MAIN.P2
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Germany45.422024
  • Spain38.052024
  • Italy34.212024
  • United States23.612024
  • Netherlands21.812024
  • China11.732024
  • Sri Lanka6.852024
  • 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
  • Sri Lanka120.79 m $2024

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