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14 World Bank indicators, compared across France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China. Each tile shows the annual series since 1960 and the latest known value for each country. Hover a chart to read a given year.

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Internet users

IT.NET.USER.ZS 路 %

19902025

Latest known value by country

  • France88.65%2024
  • Germany93.5%2024
  • United Kingdom95.47%2024
  • Italy89.22%2024
  • Spain95.76%2024
  • Netherlands97.01%2024
  • United States94.69%2024
  • China91.6%2025

Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months.

Mobile subscriptions /100

IT.CEL.SETS.P2

19602024

Latest known value by country

  • France116.692023
  • Germany129.152024
  • United Kingdom121.642024
  • Italy132.582024
  • Spain130.262024
  • Netherlands128.542024
  • United States113.192024
  • China131.752024

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology.

R&D / GDP

GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS 路 %

19962023

Latest known value by country

  • France2.18%2023
  • Germany3.15%2023
  • United Kingdom2.68%2023
  • Italy1.38%2023
  • Spain1.49%2023
  • Netherlands2.27%2023
  • United States3.45%2023
  • China2.58%2023

Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D), expressed as a percent of GDP.

Fixed broadband /100

IT.NET.BBND.P2

19982024

Latest known value by country

  • France48.932024
  • Germany45.612024
  • United Kingdom42.162024
  • Italy31.782024
  • Spain39.232024
  • Netherlands42.982024
  • United States38.862024
  • China47.192024

Fixed broadband subscriptions refers to fixed subscriptions to high-speed access to the public Internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s.

Secure Internet servers

IT.NET.SECR.P6 路 /M

20102024

Latest known value by country

  • France57,275 /M2024
  • Germany152,114 /M2024
  • United Kingdom68,395 /M2024
  • Italy30,647 /M2024
  • Spain29,986 /M2024
  • Netherlands198,682 /M2024
  • United States196,616 /M2024
  • China1,413.32 /M2024

The number of distinct, publicly-trusted TLS/SSL certificates found in the Netcraft Secure Server Survey (by hosting country), per 1 million people.

Resident patents

IP.PAT.RESD

19802021

Latest known value by country

  • France13,3862021
  • Germany39,8222021
  • United Kingdom11,5922021
  • Italy10,2812021
  • Spain1,3082021
  • Netherlands2,0802021
  • United States262,2442021
  • China1.43 m2021

Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a...

Non-resident patents

IP.PAT.NRES

19802021

Latest known value by country

  • France1,3732021
  • Germany18,7472021
  • United Kingdom7,2632021
  • Italy7972021
  • Spain1262021
  • Netherlands1,3902021
  • United States329,2292021
  • China159,0192021

Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a...

High-tech exports

TX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS 路 %

20072024

Latest known value by country

  • France23.14%2024
  • Germany17.98%2024
  • United Kingdom29.23%2024
  • Italy12.28%2024
  • Spain9.28%2024
  • Netherlands23.47%2024
  • United States24.32%2024
  • China26.28%2024

High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.

ICT goods exports

TX.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN 路 %

20002024

Latest known value by country

  • France2.96%2024
  • Germany4.55%2024
  • United Kingdom3.43%2024
  • Italy2.29%2024
  • Spain1.56%2024
  • Netherlands8.14%2024
  • United States9.05%2024
  • China21.32%2024

Information and communication technology goods exports include computers and peripheral equipment, communication equipment, consumer electronic equipment, electronic components, and other information and technology...

Scientific articles

IP.JRN.ARTC.SC

19962023

Latest known value by country

  • France62,1802023
  • Germany108,7822023
  • United Kingdom97,5362023
  • Italy82,7712023
  • Spain60,3042023
  • Netherlands32,2072023
  • United States430,8432023
  • China932,7122023

Article counts refer to publications from a selection of conference proceedings and peer-reviewed journals from Scopus in science and engineering fields, according to the National Center for Science and Engineering...

Researchers / million

SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6 路 /M

19962023

Latest known value by country

  • France5,368.64 /M2023
  • Germany5,926.07 /M2023
  • United Kingdom4,472.69 /M2017
  • Italy2,855.13 /M2023
  • Spain3,653.8 /M2023
  • Netherlands6,563.34 /M2023
  • United States4,937.49 /M2022
  • China2,107.27 /M2023

The number of researchers engaged in Research &Development (R&D), expressed as per million.

Fixed lines /100

IT.MLT.MAIN.P2

19602024

Latest known value by country

  • France56.112023
  • Germany45.422024
  • United Kingdom34.382024
  • Italy34.212024
  • Spain38.052024
  • Netherlands21.812024
  • United States23.612024
  • China11.732024

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and...

High-tech exports ($)

TX.VAL.TECH.CD 路 $

20072024

Latest known value by country

  • France116.59 bn $2024
  • Germany246.64 bn $2024
  • United Kingdom84.77 bn $2024
  • Italy60.16 bn $2024
  • Spain23.8 bn $2024
  • Netherlands103.04 bn $2024
  • United States232.91 bn $2024
  • China856.76 bn $2024

High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery.

1 indicator in this category is not published by the World Bank for the selected countries.

Source: Banque mondiale, World Bank Open Data, data.worldbank.org. Annual data, fetched server side and cached for 24 hours.