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GitHub Git Pushes, 2021

Figures for 2021, as GitHub published them · stored as published, never rewritten

How many times developers in each country uploaded code to GitHub in the last quarter of the year — a measure of software activity rather than of accounts. GitHub publishes it quarterly in its Innovation Graph.

GitHub Git Pushes, 2021 covers 167 countries. United States is highest, at 21,495,838; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 716. The middle country reads 72,449. Against 2020, 158 values changed (143 up, 15 down), 9 countries joined.

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GitHub Git Pushes · Data for 2021

HighestUnited States

21,495,838

LowestRepublic of the Congo

716

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of GitHub Git Pushes, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 167 countries · select a heading to sort

GitHub Git Pushes, 2021: every country, as published by GitHub.
United StatesUSANorthern America21,495,8382021Q4
IndiaINDSouthern Asia8,891,5972021Q4
BrazilBRASouth America4,787,7662021Q4
RussiaRUSEastern Europe4,527,4522021Q4
GermanyDEUWestern Europe4,411,7512021Q4
South KoreaKOREastern Asia4,285,6522021Q4
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,244,7972021Q4
ChinaCHNEastern Asia3,722,4272021Q4
FranceFRAWestern Europe3,554,1912021Q4
CanadaCANNorthern America3,268,7602021Q4
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,975,4592021Q4
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,988,6382021Q4
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,987,1652021Q4
UkraineUKREastern Europe1,861,0382021Q4
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1,846,2602021Q4
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia1,631,7042021Q4
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1,606,1522021Q4
PolandPOLEastern Europe1,562,8462021Q4
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1,355,5572021Q4
ItalyITASouthern Europe1,319,3962021Q4
ArgentinaARGSouth America1,165,0322021Q4
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,118,0452021Q4
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,047,9962021Q4
SwedenSWENorthern Europe1,037,7432021Q4
MexicoMEXCentral America979,4832021Q4

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States21,495,838
  2. India8,891,597
  3. Brazil4,787,766
  4. Russia4,527,452
  5. Germany4,411,751

Lowest

  1. Republic of the Congo716
  2. Fiji978
  3. Mauritania1,032
  4. Eswatini1,043
  5. Lesotho1,142

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 72,449. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

  • +9 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 143 · 15rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • India7,291,401 → 8,891,597+1,600,196
  • South Korea2,976,522 → 4,285,652+1,309,130
  • Brazil3,564,724 → 4,787,766+1,223,042
  • Russia3,652,708 → 4,527,452+874,744
  • Hong Kong1,178,354 → 1,846,260+667,906

Fell most

+ Andorra+ Republic of the Congo+ Fiji+ Gabon+ Guinea+ Gambia+ Lesotho+ Eswatini+ Seychelles

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 167 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

Licence: CC0 1.0 · what it allows, in plain words

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GitHub (2021). GitHub Git Pushes, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/github-git-pushes/2021

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