Population (2018) : 17,231,020 (People)

GDP (2018) : 912,872.3 (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 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	17,231,020	People	The World Bank	2019/07/01	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 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	2.63	Citation per article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/05/01	16th	
Five year average citation per nano-article 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	14.03	Citation per article	Statnano Databank	2019/07/07	6th	
Five year h-Index of nano-articles 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	103.00	--	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/05/01	17th	
h-Index of nano-articles 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	19.00	--	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/05/01	19th	
ISI indexed articles 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	42,679	Article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	43647	16th	
ISI indexed nano-articles 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	1,773	Article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/05/01	26th	
Local share in nanoscience 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	4.15	Percent	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/05/01	78th	
National priority in nanoscience 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	0.44	--	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/05/01	79th	
Number of nano-articles per GDP(ppp) 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	1.81	Article per billion $	The World Bank Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/05/01	29th	
Number of nano-articles per Million people 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	102.90	Article per million people	The World Bank Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/05/01	22th	
Share of international collaboration in nanoscience 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	74.14	Percent	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/12/31	46th	
Total number of citations to nano-articles 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	4,658	Citation	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/05/01	22th	
INNOVATION
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Nanotechnology patents in EPO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	89	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	9th	
Nanotechnology patents in German patent office (DPMA) 
2015/01/01	2015/12/31	0	Patent	Orbit.com	2015/12/31	-	
Nanotechnology patents in USPTO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	101	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	11th	
Nanotechnology published patent applications in EPO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	31	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	10th	
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 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	115	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	12th	
Published patent applications in EPO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	1,522	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	9th	
Published patent applications in USPTO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	4,853	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	11th	
Ratio of nanotechnology patents to nano-articles 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	18.95	Patents per 100 articles	Orbit.com Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/12/31	8th	
Share of nanotechnology patent applications to total patent applications 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	2.29	Percent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	44th	
Share of nanotechnology patents to total patents 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	2.24	Percent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	46th	
Total patents in EPO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	4,076	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	8th	
Total patents in USPTO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	4,402	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	11th	
INDUSTRY
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
GDP per Capita (ppp) 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	56,772	$	The World Bank	2019/07/01	11th	
Gross domestic product (GDP) 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	912,872.3	Million $	The World Bank	2019/07/01	17th	
Gross domestic product (ppp) 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	978,239.9	Million $	The World Bank	2019/07/01	25th	
Number of national nanotechnology standards 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	46	Standard	Statnano Databank	2019/08/10	9th	

Name	h-index	Number of Articles
Delft University of Technology (2018)	15	363
Eindhoven University of Technology (2018)	15	303
University of Groningen (2018)	10	211
Leiden University (2018)	10	140