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Patent applications, nonresidents by country

applications · 121 countries ranked · 2021

Rank 1 = highest value; “better” is not defined for this indicator.25 of 121
  1. up +0.5 %
  2. 2ChinaWorld rank 2nd of 121
    up +4.4 %
  3. 3JapanWorld rank 3rd of 121
    up +9.2 %
  4. up +11.8 %
  5. 5IndiaWorld rank 5th of 121
    up +5.0 %
  6. 6CanadaWorld rank 6th of 121
    up +7.7 %
  7. up +9.3 %
  8. up +1.9 %
  9. 9BrazilWorld rank 9th of 121
    up +2.7 %
  10. 10GermanyWorld rank 10th of 121
    down −5.5 %
  11. 11MexicoWorld rank 11th of 121
    up +14.1 %
  12. 12SingaporeWorld rank 12th of 121
    up +9.4 %
  13. 13RussiaWorld rank 13th of 121
    up +1.6 %
  14. 14South AfricaWorld rank 14th of 121
    up +49.0 %
  15. 15IsraelWorld rank 15th of 121
    up +23.7 %
  16. 16VietnamWorld rank 16th of 121
    up +11.9 %
  17. 17IndonesiaWorld rank 17th of 121
    up +8.1 %
  18. 18ThailandWorld rank 18th of 121
    up +10.7 %
  19. 19United KingdomWorld rank 19th of 121
    down −16.1 %
  20. 20MalaysiaWorld rank 20th of 121
    up +13.9 %
  21. 21New ZealandWorld rank 21st of 121
    up +20.4 %
  22. 22PhilippinesWorld rank 22nd of 121
    up +11.0 %
  23. 23ArgentinaWorld rank 23rd of 121
    up +27.4 %
  24. 24ChileWorld rank 24th of 121
    up +10.2 %
  25. 25Saudi ArabiaWorld rank 25th of 121
    up +13.5 %

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Patent applications, nonresidents, 2021. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Patent applications, nonresidents, 2021World map of Patent applications, nonresidents (2021) for 121 countries, from 1 to 329,229.Fiji: —Tanzania: —W. Sahara: —Canada: 32,445United States: 329,229Kazakhstan: —Uzbekistan: 252Papua New Guinea: 29Indonesia: 7,403Argentina: 3,263Chile: 2,680DR Congo: —Somalia: —Kenya: 37Sudan: —Chad: —Haiti: —Dominican Republic: 220Russia: 11,408Bahamas: —Falkland Is.: —Norway: 634Greenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: —South Africa: 9,156Lesotho: —Mexico: 15,044Uruguay: —Brazil: 19,566Bolivia: 227Peru: 1,141Colombia: 1,855Panama: 401Costa Rica: 566Nicaragua: —Honduras: 188El Salvador: 144Guatemala: 249Belize: 27Venezuela: —Guyana: —Suriname: —France: 1,373Ecuador: 373Puerto Rico: —Jamaica: 60Cuba: 86Zimbabwe: —Botswana: —Namibia: —Senegal: —Mali: —Mauritania: —Benin: —Niger: —Nigeria: —Cameroon: —Togo: —Ghana: —Côte d'Ivoire: —Guinea: —Guinea-Bissau: —Liberia: —Sierra Leone: —Burkina Faso: —Central African Republic: —Republic of the Congo: —Gabon: —Equatorial Guinea: —Zambia: 13Malawi: —Mozambique: 16Eswatini: —Angola: —Burundi: —Israel: 8,017Lebanon: —Madagascar: 22Palestine: —Gambia: 91Tunisia: —Algeria: 581Jordan: 322United Arab Emirates: 2,354Qatar: 722Kuwait: —Iraq: —Oman: 511Vanuatu: —Cambodia: —Thailand: 7,375Laos: —Myanmar: —Vietnam: 7,468North Korea: —South Korea: 51,753Mongolia: 77India: 35,306Bangladesh: 373Bhutan: 7Nepal: —Pakistan: 567Afghanistan: —Tajikistan: —Kyrgyzstan: 4Turkmenistan: —Iran: 581Syria: 20Armenia: 8Sweden: 425Belarus: 110Ukraine: 2,091Poland: 111Austria: 175Hungary: 13Moldova: 12Romania: 45Lithuania: 9Latvia: 4Estonia: 1Germany: 18,747Bulgaria: 6Greece: 532Türkiye: 242Albania: 1Croatia: 11Switzerland: 267Luxembourg: 1,441Belgium: 415Netherlands: 1,390Portugal: 42Spain: 126Ireland: 42New Caledonia: —Solomon Islands: —New Zealand: 6,522Australia: 29,443Sri Lanka: 273China: 159,019Taiwan: —Italy: 797Denmark: 186United Kingdom: 7,263Iceland: 2Azerbaijan: 16Georgia: 164Philippines: 3,903Malaysia: 6,651Brunei: 137Slovenia: 17Finland: 105Slovakia: 13Czechia: 59Eritrea: —Japan: 66,748Paraguay: 354Yemen: 22Saudi Arabia: 2,581N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 2Morocco: 2,549Egypt: 1,343Libya: —Ethiopia: —Djibouti: 10Somaliland: —Uganda: 4Rwanda: 2Bosnia and Herzegovina: 8North Macedonia: —Serbia: 18Montenegro: —Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: 149South Sudan: —
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

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Rank over timeRank by year for United States, China, Japan, 1980–2021.198019902000201020201510RankUnited States · 1China · 2Japan · 3

Rank by year for United States, China, Japan, 1980–2021.