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14 World Bank indicators, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Iraq, Cent. African Rep.. 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
8United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Iraq, Cent. African Rep.
Period covered
1960 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
3,017on 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 Kingdom95.47%2024
  • United States94.69%2024
  • China91.6%2025
  • Italy89.22%2024
  • Iraq81.47%2024
  • Cent. African Rep.13.78%2024
Mobile subscriptions /100IT.CEL.SETS.P2
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Italy132.582024
  • China131.752024
  • Spain130.262024
  • Netherlands128.542024
  • United Kingdom121.642024
  • United States113.192024
  • Iraq100.082024
  • Cent. African Rep.38.822022
R&D / GDPGB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS · %
19962023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States3.45%2023
  • United Kingdom2.68%2023
  • China2.58%2023
  • Netherlands2.27%2023
  • Spain1.49%2023
  • Italy1.38%2023
  • Iraq0.04%2021
Fixed broadband /100IT.NET.BBND.P2
19982024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China47.192024
  • Netherlands42.982024
  • United Kingdom42.162024
  • Spain39.232024
  • United States38.862024
  • Italy31.782024
  • Iraq17.632024
  • Cent. African Rep.0.022022
Secure Internet serversIT.NET.SECR.P6 · /M
20102024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands198,682 /M2024
  • United States196,616 /M2024
  • United Kingdom68,395 /M2024
  • Italy30,647 /M2024
  • Spain29,986 /M2024
  • China1,413.32 /M2024
  • Iraq34.51 /M2024
  • Cent. African Rep.1.69 /M2024
Resident patentsIP.PAT.RESD
19802021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China1.43 m2021
  • United States262,2442021
  • United Kingdom11,5922021
  • Italy10,2812021
  • Netherlands2,0802021
  • Spain1,3082021
  • Iraq6352020
Non-resident patentsIP.PAT.NRES
19802021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States329,2292021
  • China159,0192021
  • United Kingdom7,2632021
  • Netherlands1,3902021
  • Italy7972021
  • Spain1262021
  • Iraq982020
High-tech exportsTX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS · %
20072024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom29.23%2024
  • China26.28%2024
  • United States24.32%2024
  • Netherlands23.47%2024
  • Italy12.28%2024
  • Spain9.28%2024
  • Cent. African Rep.8.3%2024
ICT goods exportsTX.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN · %
20002024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China21.32%2024
  • United States9.05%2024
  • Netherlands8.14%2024
  • Cent. African Rep.3.47%2024
  • United Kingdom3.43%2024
  • Italy2.29%2024
  • Spain1.56%2024
Scientific articlesIP.JRN.ARTC.SC
19962023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China932,7122023
  • United States430,8432023
  • United Kingdom97,5362023
  • Italy82,7712023
  • Spain60,3042023
  • Netherlands32,2072023
  • Iraq16,7242023
  • Cent. African Rep.25.752023
Researchers / millionSP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6 · /M
19962023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands6,563.34 /M2023
  • United States4,937.49 /M2022
  • United Kingdom4,472.7 /M2017
  • Spain3,653.8 /M2023
  • Italy2,855.13 /M2023
  • China2,107.27 /M2023
  • Iraq164.28 /M2021
Fixed lines /100IT.MLT.MAIN.P2
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain38.052024
  • United Kingdom34.382024
  • Italy34.212024
  • United States23.612024
  • Netherlands21.812024
  • China11.732024
  • Iraq11.462024
  • Cent. African Rep.0.042022
High-tech exports ($)TX.VAL.TECH.CD · $
20072024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China856.76 bn $2024
  • United States232.91 bn $2024
  • Netherlands103.04 bn $2024
  • United Kingdom84.77 bn $2024
  • Italy60.16 bn $2024
  • Spain23.8 bn $2024
  • Cent. African Rep.12.19 m $2024

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