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14 World Bank indicators, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Cyprus, South Africa. 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, Cyprus, South Africa
Period covered
1960 - 2025the widest in this category
Annual values
3,361on 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
  • Cyprus89.6%2024
  • Italy89.22%2024
  • South Africa78.36%2024
Mobile subscriptions /100IT.CEL.SETS.P2
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa179.342024
  • Cyprus156.222024
  • Italy132.582024
  • China131.752024
  • Spain130.262024
  • Netherlands128.542024
  • United Kingdom121.642024
  • United States113.192024
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
  • Cyprus0.68%2023
  • South Africa0.61%2022
Fixed broadband /100IT.NET.BBND.P2
19982024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China47.192024
  • Netherlands42.982024
  • United Kingdom42.162024
  • Spain39.232024
  • United States38.862024
  • Cyprus37.562024
  • Italy31.782024
  • South Africa5.352024
Secure Internet serversIT.NET.SECR.P6 · /M
20102024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Cyprus221,298 /M2024
  • Netherlands198,682 /M2024
  • United States196,616 /M2024
  • United Kingdom68,395 /M2024
  • Italy30,647 /M2024
  • Spain29,986 /M2024
  • South Africa16,658 /M2024
  • China1,413.32 /M2024
Resident patentsIP.PAT.RESD
19802021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China1.43 m2021
  • United States262,2442021
  • United Kingdom11,5922021
  • Italy10,2812021
  • Netherlands2,0802021
  • South Africa1,8042021
  • Spain1,3082021
  • Cyprus12021
Non-resident patentsIP.PAT.NRES
19802021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States329,2292021
  • China159,0192021
  • South Africa9,1562021
  • United Kingdom7,2632021
  • Netherlands1,3902021
  • Italy7972021
  • Spain1262021
  • Cyprus22021
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
  • Cyprus18.03%2024
  • Italy12.28%2024
  • Spain9.28%2024
  • South Africa5.71%2024
Trademark filings (resident)IP.TMK.RSCT
20042021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China9.19 m2021
  • United States551,7642021
  • United Kingdom223,5082021
  • Italy108,2752021
  • Spain72,6202021
  • South Africa25,7862021
  • Cyprus1,6032021
ICT goods exportsTX.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN · %
20002024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China21.32%2024
  • United States9.05%2024
  • Netherlands8.14%2024
  • United Kingdom3.43%2024
  • Italy2.29%2024
  • Cyprus2.17%2024
  • Spain1.56%2024
  • South Africa0.89%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
  • South Africa14,9492023
  • Cyprus1,764.122023
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
  • Cyprus1,686.47 /M2023
  • South Africa444.16 /M2022
Fixed lines /100IT.MLT.MAIN.P2
19602024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain38.052024
  • United Kingdom34.382024
  • Italy34.212024
  • Cyprus25.42024
  • United States23.612024
  • Netherlands21.812024
  • China11.732024
  • South Africa1.582024
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
  • South Africa2.45 bn $2024
  • Cyprus104.88 m $2024

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