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14 World Bank indicators, compared across France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, China. 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
7France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, China
Period covered
1960 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
2,974on this page, all series

7 of 8 countries compared, out of 142.

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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
  • Germany93.5%2024
  • China91.6%2025
  • Italy89.22%2024
  • France88.65%2024
Mobile subscriptions /100IT.CEL.SETS.P2
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Italy132.582024
  • China131.752024
  • Spain130.262024
  • Germany129.152024
  • Netherlands128.542024
  • United Kingdom121.642024
  • France116.692023
R&D / GDPGB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS · %
19962023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Germany3.15%2023
  • United Kingdom2.68%2023
  • China2.58%2023
  • Netherlands2.27%2023
  • France2.18%2023
  • Spain1.49%2023
  • Italy1.38%2023
Fixed broadband /100IT.NET.BBND.P2
19982024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • France48.932024
  • China47.192024
  • Germany45.612024
  • Netherlands42.982024
  • United Kingdom42.162024
  • Spain39.232024
  • Italy31.782024
Secure Internet serversIT.NET.SECR.P6 · /M
20102024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands198,682 /M2024
  • Germany152,114 /M2024
  • United Kingdom68,395 /M2024
  • France57,275 /M2024
  • Italy30,647 /M2024
  • Spain29,986 /M2024
  • China1,413.32 /M2024
Resident patentsIP.PAT.RESD
19802021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China1.43 m2021
  • Germany39,8222021
  • France13,3862021
  • United Kingdom11,5922021
  • Italy10,2812021
  • Netherlands2,0802021
  • Spain1,3082021
Non-resident patentsIP.PAT.NRES
19802021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China159,0192021
  • Germany18,7472021
  • United Kingdom7,2632021
  • Netherlands1,3902021
  • France1,3732021
  • Italy7972021
  • Spain1262021
High-tech exportsTX.VAL.TECH.MF.ZS · %
20072024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom29.23%2024
  • China26.28%2024
  • Netherlands23.47%2024
  • France23.14%2024
  • Germany17.98%2024
  • Italy12.28%2024
  • Spain9.28%2024
ICT goods exportsTX.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN · %
20002024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China21.32%2024
  • Netherlands8.14%2024
  • Germany4.55%2024
  • United Kingdom3.43%2024
  • France2.96%2024
  • Italy2.29%2024
  • Spain1.56%2024
Scientific articlesIP.JRN.ARTC.SC
19962023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China932,7122023
  • Germany108,7822023
  • United Kingdom97,5362023
  • Italy82,7712023
  • France62,1802023
  • Spain60,3042023
  • Netherlands32,2072023
Researchers / millionSP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6 · /M
19962023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands6,563.34 /M2023
  • Germany5,926.07 /M2023
  • France5,368.64 /M2023
  • 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

  • France56.112023
  • Germany45.422024
  • Spain38.052024
  • United Kingdom34.382024
  • Italy34.212024
  • 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
  • France116.59 bn $2024
  • Netherlands103.04 bn $2024
  • United Kingdom84.77 bn $2024
  • Italy60.16 bn $2024
  • Spain23.8 bn $2024

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