|
Country |
Facts |
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China |
Most mobile cellular phones |
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China |
Most main line phones |
|
China |
Most internet users |
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Denmark |
Highest E-readiness, 8.87 out of 10 |
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Finland |
Most technologically advanced according to the UN's Technology Achievement Index, 0.744 |
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Iceland |
Highest percentage of Internet users, 92% |
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India |
Largest electronic spam producer, 13.9% |
|
Iran |
World's fastest growth rate in science and technology, 1000% increase of science & technology output in nine years |
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Israel |
Longest hours spent on social networks, 11.1 per person per month |
|
Israel |
Highest density of eco-friendly companies |
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Japan |
Most patents granted |
|
Japan |
Most patents in force |
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Russia |
Most television broadcast stations |
|
Russia USSR |
Longest total human spaceflight time by country, over 20,000 person-days |
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South Korea |
Highest Global innovation growth at Innovation Union Scoreboard at 6.0% |
|
South Korea |
Highest in UN e-Government Readiness Index, with a score of 0.9283 |
|
South Korea |
Highest in 4G LTE penetration at 62% |
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South Korea |
World's fastest Internet connection speed at 21.9 Mbps |
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South Korea |
Highest in mobile banking usage at 47% |
|
South Korea |
Highest Global innovation performance at Innovation Union Scoreboard with a score of 0.740 |
|
South Korea |
Highest in Economist Intelligence Unit's Government Broadband Index with a score of 4.4 |
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South Korea |
Highest patent applications per GDP according to World Intellectual Property Indicators |
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South Korea |
Highest patent applications per million population according to World Intellectual Property Indicators |
|
South Korea |
Highest in ICT Development Index, with a score of 8.56 |
|
South Korea |
Highest in Bloomberg's Global Innovation Quotient |
|
South Korea |
Highest application design counts per million population according to World Intellectual Property Indicators |
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Sudan |
Lowest level of innovation according to Global Innovation Index, score of 0.4 |
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Sweden |
Highest Web Index score according to the World Wide Web Foundation, 100 |
|
United Kingdom |
First ever emergency telephone number, 999 |
|
United Kingdom |
The first television broadcaster, BBC |
|
United Kingdom |
Most elements of the periodic table discovered, 23 of the 118 known elements were discovered by British scientists. |
|
United Kingdom |
The largest television broadcaster, BBC |
|
United Kingdom |
The first electric digital programmable computer, Colossus computer was developed for British code breakers during World War II to help in deciphering of German codes. |
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United States |
Most cited country, 35,368,367 citations between 1993-2003 |
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United States |
Most science papers output, 2,798,448 journal papers published between 1998-2008 |
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Yemen |
Lowest Web Index score according to the World Wide Web Foundation. |