Population (2017) : 17,132,854 (People)

GDP (2017) : 826,200.3 (Million $)

FUNDING & INVESTMENT
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Research & development expenditure 
2014/01/01	2014/12/31	1.97	Percent	The World Bank	2017/06/30	14th	
HUMAN CAPITAL
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Population 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	17,132,854	People	The World Bank	2018/08/01	51th	
Researchers in R&D (per million people) 
2014/01/01	2014/12/31	4,478	People	The World Bank	2017/06/30	10th	
SCIENCE
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Average citation per nano-article 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	1.99	Citation per article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/04/01	13th	
Five year average citation per nano-article 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	12.91	Citation per article	Statnano Databank	2018/08/01	6th	
Five year h-Index of nano-articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	98.00	--	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/04/10	16th	
h-Index of nano-articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	18.00	--	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/04/01	17th	
ISI indexed articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	41,048	Article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/11/05	16th	
ISI indexed nano-articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	1,782	Article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/11/05	25th	
Local share in nanoscience 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	4.34	Percent	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/11/05	79th	
National priority in nanoscience 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	0.47	--	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/11/05	79th	
Number of nano-articles per GDP(ppp) 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	1.96	Article per billion $	The World Bank Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/08/01	34th	
Number of nano-articles per Million people 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	104.01	Article per million people	The World Bank Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/08/01	21th	
Share of international collaboration in nanoscience 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	73.74	Percent	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/01/06	46th	
Total number of citations to nano-articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	3,539	Citation	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/04/01	20th	
INNOVATION
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Nanotechnology patents in EPO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	69	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	8th	
Nanotechnology patents in German patent office (DPMA) 
2015/01/01	2015/12/31	0	Patent	Orbit.com	2015/12/31	-	
Nanotechnology patents in USPTO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	122	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	9th	
Nanotechnology published patent applications in EPO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	25	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	13th	
Nanotechnology published patent applications in German patent office (DPMA) 
2015/01/01	2015/12/31	5	Patent	Orbit.com	2015/12/31	9th	
Nanotechnology published patent applications in USPTO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	118	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	12th	
Published patent applications in EPO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	4,785	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	9th	
Published patent applications in USPTO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	4,703	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	11th	
Ratio of nanotechnology patents to nano-articles 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	18.74	Patents per 100 articles	Orbit.com Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/01/01	9th	
Share of nanotechnology patent applications to total patent applications 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	1.51	Percent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	55th	
Share of nanotechnology patents to total patents 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	2.43	Percent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	44th	
Total patents in EPO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	3,481	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	7th	
Total patents in USPTO 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	4,387	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/01/01	11th	
INDUSTRY
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
GDP per Capita (ppp) 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	52,941	$	The World Bank	2018/08/01	12th	
Gross domestic product (GDP) 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	826,200.3	Million $	The World Bank	2018/08/01	18th	
Gross domestic product (ppp) 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	907,032.5	Million $	The World Bank	2018/08/01	27th	
Number of national nanotechnology standards 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	5	Standard	Statnano Databank	2018/11/06	9th	

Name	h-index	Number of Articles
Delft University of Technology (2017)	12	349
Eindhoven University of Technology (2017)	11	281
University of Groningen (2017)	9	193
University of Amsterdam (2017)	8	110
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2017)	7	81