Population (2017) : 7,530,360,149 (People)

GDP (2017) : 80,683,787.4 (Million $)

FUNDING & INVESTMENT
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Research & development expenditure 
2013/01/01	2013/12/31	2.13	Percent	The World Bank	2017/06/30	13th	
HUMAN CAPITAL
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Population 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	7,530,360,149	People	The World Bank	2018/08/01	1st	
Researchers in R&D (per million people) 
2010/01/01	2010/12/31	1,282	People	The World Bank	2017/06/30	36th	
SCIENCE
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
ISI indexed articles 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	1,718,751	Article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/01/03	1st	
ISI indexed nano-articles 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	166,198	Article	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/01/01	1st	
Local share in nanoscience 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	9.67	Percent	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/01/01	29th	
National priority in nanoscience 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	1.00	--	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2019/01/01	29th	
Number of nano-articles per GDP(ppp) 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	1.28	Article per billion $	The World Bank Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/08/01	53th	
Number of nano-articles per Million people 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	21.74	Article per million people	The World Bank Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/08/01	52th	
Share of international collaboration in nanoscience 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	69.53	Percent	Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/01/06	54th	
INNOVATION
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
Nanotechnology patents in EPO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	2,908	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	1st	
Nanotechnology patents in German patent office (DPMA) 
2015/01/01	2015/12/31	164	Patent	Orbit.com	2015/12/31	1st	
Nanotechnology patents in USPTO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	8,493	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	1st	
Nanotechnology published patent applications in EPO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	1,766	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	1st	
Nanotechnology published patent applications in German patent office (DPMA) 
2015/01/01	2015/12/31	720	Patent	Orbit.com	2015/12/31	1st	
Nanotechnology published patent applications in USPTO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	11,280	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	1st	
Published patent applications in EPO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	82,238	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	1st	
Published patent applications in USPTO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	376,609	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	1st	
Ratio of nanotechnology patents to nano-articles 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	14.71	Patents per 100 articles	Orbit.com Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)	2018/12/31	12th	
Share of nanotechnology patent applications to total patent applications 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	2.84	Percent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	42th	
Share of nanotechnology patents to total patents 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	2.42	Percent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	42th	
Total patents in EPO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	129,047	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	1st	
Total patents in USPTO 
2018/01/01	2018/12/31	341,104	Patent	Orbit.com	2018/12/31	1st	
INDUSTRY
Time		Quantity	Unit	Source	Last Update	Rank
GDP per Capita (ppp) 
2016/01/01	2016/12/31	16,136	$	The World Bank	2017/06/30	60th	
Gross domestic product (GDP) 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	80,683,787.4	Million $	The World Bank	2018/08/01	1st	
Gross domestic product (ppp) 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	127,723,794.0	Million $	The World Bank	2018/08/01	1st	
Number of national nanotechnology standards 
2017/01/01	2017/12/31	85	Standard	Statnano Databank	2019/01/05	1st	