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14 World Bank indicators, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Korea. 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, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Korea
Period covered
1960 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
3,416on this page, all series

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14 indicators

Internet usersIT.NET.USER.ZS · %
19902025

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Korea97.9%2024
  • Netherlands97.01%2024
  • Spain95.76%2024
  • United Kingdom95.47%2024
  • United States94.69%2024
  • Germany93.5%2024
  • China91.6%2025
  • Italy89.22%2024
Mobile subscriptions /100IT.CEL.SETS.P2
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Korea172.522024
  • Italy132.582024
  • China131.752024
  • Spain130.262024
  • Germany129.152024
  • Netherlands128.542024
  • United Kingdom121.642024
  • United States113.192024
R&D / GDPGB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS · %
19962023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Korea4.94%2023
  • United States3.45%2023
  • Germany3.15%2023
  • United Kingdom2.68%2023
  • China2.58%2023
  • Netherlands2.27%2023
  • Spain1.49%2023
  • Italy1.38%2023
Fixed broadband /100IT.NET.BBND.P2
19982024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Korea47.82024
  • China47.192024
  • Germany45.612024
  • Netherlands42.982024
  • United Kingdom42.162024
  • Spain39.232024
  • United States38.862024
  • Italy31.782024
Secure Internet serversIT.NET.SECR.P6 · /M
20102024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands198,682 /M2024
  • United States196,616 /M2024
  • Germany152,114 /M2024
  • United Kingdom68,395 /M2024
  • Italy30,647 /M2024
  • Spain29,986 /M2024
  • South Korea11,902 /M2024
  • China1,413.32 /M2024
Resident patentsIP.PAT.RESD
19802021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China1.43 m2021
  • United States262,2442021
  • South Korea186,2452021
  • Germany39,8222021
  • United Kingdom11,5922021
  • Italy10,2812021
  • Netherlands2,0802021
  • Spain1,3082021
Non-resident patentsIP.PAT.NRES
19802021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States329,2292021
  • China159,0192021
  • South Korea51,7532021
  • Germany18,7472021
  • United Kingdom7,2632021
  • Netherlands1,3902021
  • Italy7972021
  • Spain1262021
High-tech exportsTX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS · %
20072024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Korea36.26%2024
  • United Kingdom29.23%2024
  • China26.28%2024
  • United States24.32%2024
  • Netherlands23.47%2024
  • Germany17.98%2024
  • Italy12.28%2024
  • Spain9.28%2024
Trademark filings (resident)IP.TMK.RSCT
20042021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China9.19 m2021
  • United States551,7642021
  • South Korea299,6222021
  • Germany246,2962021
  • United Kingdom223,5082021
  • Italy108,2752021
  • Spain72,6202021
ICT goods exportsTX.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN · %
20002024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Korea28.33%2024
  • China21.32%2024
  • United States9.05%2024
  • Netherlands8.14%2024
  • Germany4.55%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
  • Germany108,7822023
  • United Kingdom97,5362023
  • Italy82,7712023
  • South Korea71,7242023
  • Spain60,3042023
  • Netherlands32,2072023
Researchers / millionSP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6 · /M
19962023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Korea9,471.83 /M2023
  • Netherlands6,563.34 /M2023
  • Germany5,926.07 /M2023
  • United States4,937.49 /M2022
  • United Kingdom4,472.7 /M2017
  • Spain3,653.8 /M2023
  • Italy2,855.13 /M2023
  • China2,107.27 /M2023
Fixed lines /100IT.MLT.MAIN.P2
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Germany45.422024
  • South Korea41.172024
  • Spain38.052024
  • United Kingdom34.382024
  • Italy34.212024
  • United States23.612024
  • Netherlands21.812024
  • China11.732024
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
  • South Korea216.2 bn $2024
  • Netherlands103.04 bn $2024
  • United Kingdom84.77 bn $2024
  • Italy60.16 bn $2024
  • Spain23.8 bn $2024

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