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14 World Bank indicators, compared across Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Saudi Arabia. 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, Saudi Arabia
Period covered
1960 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
2,965on this page, all series

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14 indicators

Internet usersIT.NET.USER.ZS · %
19902025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Saudi Arabia100%2024
  • Netherlands97.01%2024
  • Spain95.76%2024
  • United States94.69%2024
  • Germany93.5%2024
  • China91.6%2025
  • Italy89.22%2024
  • South Sudan6.67%2019
Mobile subscriptions /100IT.CEL.SETS.P2
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Saudi Arabia159.542024
  • Italy132.582024
  • China131.752024
  • Spain130.262024
  • Germany129.152024
  • Netherlands128.542024
  • United States113.192024
  • South Sudan46.622023
R&D / GDPGB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS · %
19962024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States3.45%2023
  • Germany3.15%2023
  • China2.58%2023
  • Netherlands2.27%2023
  • Spain1.49%2023
  • Italy1.38%2023
  • Saudi Arabia0.64%2024
Fixed broadband /100IT.NET.BBND.P2
19982024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China47.192024
  • Germany45.612024
  • Saudi Arabia44.072024
  • Netherlands42.982024
  • Spain39.232024
  • United States38.862024
  • Italy31.782024
  • 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
  • Saudi Arabia482.77 /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
  • Saudi Arabia1,3982021
  • Spain1,3082021
Non-resident patentsIP.PAT.NRES
19802021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States329,2292021
  • China159,0192021
  • Germany18,7472021
  • Saudi Arabia2,5812021
  • Netherlands1,3902021
  • Italy7972021
  • 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
  • Saudi Arabia0.54%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
  • Saudi Arabia2.25%2024
  • Spain1.56%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
  • Saudi Arabia24,5952023
  • South Sudan17.182023
Researchers / millionSP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6 · /M
19962024

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
  • Saudi Arabia1,234.71 /M2024
Fixed lines /100IT.MLT.MAIN.P2
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Germany45.422024
  • Spain38.052024
  • Italy34.212024
  • United States23.612024
  • Netherlands21.812024
  • Saudi Arabia19.752024
  • 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
  • Saudi Arabia243.37 m $2024

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