9a+ and harder analysis

Alexey Pinchuk has, like last year, put together a great 9a+ and harder analysis. As can be seen in the diagram, there has been steady progress for ten straight years which is interesting as you might think that Covid and the Olympics should have slowed down the progress the last two years. In 2020 and 2021, 44 respectively 50 climbers did 9a+ or harder which can be compared to the previous max 33 in 2018. Just nine years ago, only nine climbers did 9a+ and harder.

Here are the total number of climbers that have done the highest grades. (In brackets the 2021 numbers.)
9c : 1 (0 in 2021)
9b+ : 6 (2)
9b : 36 (14)
9a+ : 136 (49)

Here is the breakdown over the country with most routes 9a+ and harder. The total is 210.
Spain 78
France 39
Italy 18
USA 16
Germany and Norway 11

This can be compared with how many from each country that have done 9a+ or harder
USA 26
Spain 21
France 15
Italy and Germany 14
Austria and Great Britain 6