Science & Technology in World 26 indicators covering science & technology for World. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Scientific and technical journal articles 3.27 million 2023 up 53.9% 1st Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0004 units per person 2023 up 38.7% 14th Scientific and technical journal articles, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 12.1% 23rd Scientific and technical journal articles, per square kilometre 0.0252 units per square kilometre 2023 up 54.1% 15th Digital connectivity composite index 0.1245 standard deviations from the yearly mean 2025 up 166.8% 19th Scientific and technical journal articles, annual growth rate 1.56 % change on previous year 2023 down 49.0% 28th Patent applications, nonresidents 1.02 million 2021 up 28.1% 1st Patents in OECD selected technologies — Patent applications 140,083 Patents 2023 down 5.4% 1st Domestic ownership of inventions made abroad — Patent applications 2 Patents 2023 down 33.3% 1st Foreign ownership of domestic inventions — Patent applications 3 Patents 2023 up 200.0% 1st Indicators of international co-operation — Patent applications 3 Patents 2023 unchanged 1st Patent applications, residents 2.39 million 2021 up 74.7% 1st Patents in OECD selected technologies — Patent grants 24,843 Patents 2022 down 72.4% 1st Research and development expenditure 2.6% 2023 up 31.5% 6th Proportion of individuals using the Internet 73.6% 2025 up 84.5% 26th Researchers in R&D 1,652 per million people 2020 up 30.3% 15th Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network 98.1% 2025 up 3.4% 24th Proportion of population covered by at least a 3G mobile network 96.3% 2025 up 23.4% 21st Patents by WIPO technology domains — Patent applications 140,083 Patents 2023 down 5.4% 1st Patents with foreign co-inventors — Patent applications 3 Patents 2023 unchanged 1st Proportion of population covered by at least a 4G mobile network 92.7% 2025 up 113.1% 21st Patents by WIPO technology domains — Patent grants 24,843 Patents 2022 down 72.4% 1st Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex 82.3% 2025 up 11.4% 23rd Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants 1,486 2023 up 35.9% 10th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a 78.7% 2024 up 27.8% 18th Proportion of population covered by at least a 5G mobile network 55.0% 2025 up 497.8% 17th