Number of countries that have adopted selected energy and non-energy technologies, 1910-2018

Last updated 11 Oct 2021

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Adoption is not defined here as the first observed exploitation of the technology, but rather exploitation at or above a threshold level, defined as 3% of the maximum ever observed per capita technology exploitation of the early adopters.

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