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 are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months.
Mobile subscriptions /100
IT.CEL.SETS.P2
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 %
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
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
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
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
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 %
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 %
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
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
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
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 $
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.