DEFINITION
Patents granted to residents per million people 1998. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million
population.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Luxembourg: | 431.098 per million people per 1 | |
| #2 | Slovenia: | 52.2128 per million people per 1 | |
| #3 | Iceland: | 50.5498 per million people per 1 | |
| #4 | Malta: | 45.1655 per million people per 1 | |
| #5 | Finland: | 35.8032 per million people per 1 | |
| #6 | Latvia: | 31.0044 per million people per 1 | |
| #7 | Sweden: | 30.1044 per million people per 1 | |
| #8 | Ireland: | 26.3944 per million people per 1 | |
| #9 | New Zealand: | 25.5266 per million people per 1 | |
| #10 | Switzerland: | 24.4358 per million people per 1 | |
| #11 | Norway: | 22.4254 per million people per 1 | |
| #12 | Austria: | 20.1588 per million people per 1 | |
| #13 | Mongolia: | 20.0645 per million people per 1 | |
| #14 | Korea, South: | 16.0153 per million people per 1 | |
| #15 | Georgia: | 14.3254 per million people per 1 | |
| #16 | Israel: | 11.7891 per million people per 1 | |
| #17 | Netherlands: | 11.5195 per million people per 1 | |
| #18 | Denmark: | 9.5729 per million people per 1 | |
| #19 | Japan: | 7.80116 per million people per 1 | |
| #20 | Lithuania: | 7.50626 per million people per 1 | |
| #21 | Belgium: | 6.94712 per million people per 1 | |
| #22 | Belarus: | 4.85437 per million people per 1 | |
| #23 | Slovakia: | 4.41908 per million people per 1 | |
| #24 | Australia: | 3.7332 per million people per 1 | |
| #25 | Kazakhstan: | 3.62176 per million people per 1 | |
| #26 | France: | 3.37972 per million people per 1 | |
| #27 | Romania: | 3.17958 per million people per 1 | |
| #28 | Bulgaria: | 3.08725 per million people per 1 | |
| #29 | Germany: | 2.85087 per million people per 1 | |
| #30 | Czech Republic: | 2.73411 per million people per 1 | |
| #31 | Kyrgyzstan: | 2.72056 per million people per 1 | |
| #32 | Armenia: | 2.68186 per million people per 1 | |
| #33 | Hungary: | 2.59818 per million people per 1 | |
| #34 | Turkmenistan: | 2.01939 per million people per 1 | |
| #35 | Croatia: | 2.00178 per million people per 1 | |
| #36 | Singapore: | 1.8075 per million people per 1 | |
| #37 | Ukraine: | 1.78735 per million people per 1 | |
| #38 | United Kingdom: | 1.35669 per million people per 1 | |
| #39 | Spain: | 1.04112 per million people per 1 | |
| #40 | United States: | 0.97723 per million people per 1 | |
| #41 | Canada: | 0.944978 per million people per 1 | |
| #42 | Uzbekistan: | 0.931064 per million people per 1 | |
| #43 | Russia: | 0.913401 per million people per 1 | |
| #44 | Poland: | 0.778049 per million people per 1 | |
| #45 | Estonia: | 0.750188 per million people per 1 | |
| #46 | Gambia, The: | 0.626959 per million people per 1 | |
| #47 | Botswana: | 0.609756 per million people per 1 | |
| #48 | Uruguay: | 0.58548 per million people per 1 | |
| #49 | Portugal: | 0.567859 per million people per 1 | |
| #50 | Tajikistan: | 0.279174 per million people per 1 | |
| #51 | Italy: | 0.223741 per million people per 1 | |
| #52 | Argentina: | 0.202337 per million people per 1 | |
| #53 | Morocco: | 0.0916702 per million people per 1 | |
| #54 | Colombia: | 0.0232807 per million people per 1 | |
| #55 | Thailand: | 0.0155797 per million people per 1 | |
| #56 | Iran: | 0.014702 per million people per 1 | |
| #57 | Brazil: | 0.0107462 per million people per 1 | |
| #58 | Mexico: | 0.00941593 per million people per 1 | |
| #59 | India: | 0.0009257 per million people per 1 | |
| #60 | China: | 0.000765513 per million people per 1 | |
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Weighted average: |
16.0 per million people per 1 |
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DEFINITION: Patents granted to residents per million people 1998. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million
population.