DEFINITION
Patents granted to residents per million people 1998. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million
population.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
Luxembourg: |
431.098 per million people per 1 |
|
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# 2
|
Slovenia: |
52.2128 per million people per 1 |
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# 3
|
Iceland: |
50.5498 per million people per 1 |
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# 4
|
Malta: |
45.1655 per million people per 1 |
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# 5
|
Finland: |
35.8032 per million people per 1 |
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# 6
|
Latvia: |
31.0044 per million people per 1 |
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# 7
|
Sweden: |
30.1044 per million people per 1 |
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# 8
|
Ireland: |
26.3944 per million people per 1 |
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# 9
|
New Zealand: |
25.5266 per million people per 1 |
|
|
# 10
|
Switzerland: |
24.4358 per million people per 1 |
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# 11
|
Norway: |
22.4254 per million people per 1 |
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# 12
|
Austria: |
20.1588 per million people per 1 |
|
|
# 13
|
Mongolia: |
20.0645 per million people per 1 |
|
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# 14
|
Korea, South: |
16.0153 per million people per 1 |
|
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# 15
|
Georgia: |
14.3254 per million people per 1 |
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# 16
|
Israel: |
11.7891 per million people per 1 |
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# 17
|
Netherlands: |
11.5195 per million people per 1 |
|
|
# 18
|
Denmark: |
9.5729 per million people per 1 |
|
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# 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 |
|
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# 22
|
Belarus: |
4.85437 per million people per 1 |
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# 23
|
Slovakia: |
4.41908 per million people per 1 |
|
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# 24
|
Australia: |
3.7332 per million people per 1 |
|
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# 25
|
Kazakhstan: |
3.62176 per million people per 1 |
|
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# 26
|
France: |
3.37972 per million people per 1 |
|
|
# 27
|
Romania: |
3.17958 per million people per 1 |
|
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# 28
|
Bulgaria: |
3.08725 per million people per 1 |
|
|
# 29
|
Germany: |
2.85087 per million people per 1 |
|
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# 30
|
Czech Republic: |
2.73411 per million people per 1 |
|
|
# 31
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
2.72056 per million people per 1 |
|
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# 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 |
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# 46
|
Gambia, The: |
0.626959 per million people per 1 |
|
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# 47
|
Botswana: |
0.609756 per million people per 1 |
|
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# 48
|
Uruguay: |
0.58548 per million people per 1 |
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|
# 49
|
Portugal: |
0.567859 per million people per 1 |
|
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# 50
|
Tajikistan: |
0.279174 per million people per 1 |
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|
# 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 |
|
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# 54
|
Colombia: |
0.0232807 per million people per 1 |
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# 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 |
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# 58
|
Mexico: |
0.00941593 per million people per 1 |
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# 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.