Still following the post above see below an update of confirmed reviews for 28 countries.
European
Country........Ratio (Revised papers in the last 12 months /million population)
1-Portugal.........................3900
2-Denmark........................1884
3-Spain…………………….1852
4-Italy................................1771
5-Cyprus............................1716
6-Malta..............................1494
7-Sweden..........................1587
8-Norway……………….....1514
9-Switzerland....................1508
10-Finland.........................1505
11-Croatia..........................1395
12-Czech Rep...................1306
13-UK................................1238
14-Estonia.........................1207
15-Romania.......................1104
16-Poland…………….…...1072
17-Luxembourg.................1048
18-Iceland.........................1039
19-Netherlands………...…1033
20-Belgium………….....….1015
21-Austria…………....……1011
22-Lithuania........................941
23-Serbia............................793
24-Hungary.........................628
25-Germany……….............573
26-Bulgaria.........................510
27-France…………….…….452
28-Latvia.............................372
3-Spain…………………….1852
4-Italy................................1771
5-Cyprus............................1716
6-Malta..............................1494
7-Sweden..........................1587
8-Norway……………….....1514
9-Switzerland....................1508
10-Finland.........................1505
11-Croatia..........................1395
12-Czech Rep...................1306
13-UK................................1238
14-Estonia.........................1207
15-Romania.......................1104
16-Poland…………….…...1072
17-Luxembourg.................1048
18-Iceland.........................1039
19-Netherlands………...…1033
20-Belgium………….....….1015
21-Austria…………....……1011
22-Lithuania........................941
23-Serbia............................793
24-Hungary.........................628
25-Germany……….............573
26-Bulgaria.........................510
27-France…………….…….452
28-Latvia.............................372
Poland and Norway were the ones that showed the highest growth. As to Germany and France, it seems they do not fancy review activities (probably because there are no Nobel prizes or Fields medals in anonymous reviews) nor are they willing to change that bad habit. If it depended on their low review effort the time between the moment a paper is submitted to a journal and the time it gets accepted would continue to take many months, sometimes even more than a year when the paper is accepted only after two or three refusals. Let´s not forget that "At Nature, the median review time has grown from 85 days to just above 150 days over the past decade ". So we must thank countries like France and Germany for that.
