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Industry Statistics > Patent applications, residents (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Japan: 2,836.048 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 2   Korea, South: 2,184.324 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 3   United States: 630.017 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 4   Germany: 585.691 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 5   Australia: 425.791 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 6   New Zealand: 388.782 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 7   Finland: 383.31 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 8   Denmark: 341.222 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 9   United Kingdom: 314.468 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 10   Sweden: 306.05 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 11   Norway: 282.96 per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 12   Switzerland: 250.8 per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 13   Austria: 240.376 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 14   France: 235.124 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 15   Monaco: 212.121 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 16   Israel: 198.664 per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 17   Iceland: 196.858 per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 18   Ireland: 193.44 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 19   Slovenia: 163.746 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 20   Russia: 159.5 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 21   South Africa: 141.846 per 1 million people  1995 Time series
# 22   Italy: 138.318 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 23   Netherlands: 134.322 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 24   Canada: 124.218 per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 25   Singapore: 120.039 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 26   Kazakhstan: 113.757 per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 27   Belarus: 108.403 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 28   Croatia: 86.206 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 29   Ukraine: 86.128 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 30   Hungary: 73.018 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 31   Moldova: 70.414 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 32   Spain: 67.086 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 33   Poland: 62.359 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 34   Czech Republic: 60.645 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 35   Mongolia: 56.866 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 36   Malta: 55.563 per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 37   Georgia: 54.892 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 38   China: 50.6 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 39   Belgium: 50.019 per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 40   Armenia: 49.717 per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 41   Serbia and Montenegro: 47.038 per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 42   Latvia: 46.264 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 43   Greece: 44.026 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 44   Romania: 43.21 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 45   Slovakia: 39.759 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 46   Luxembourg: 35.56 per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 47   Kyrgyzstan: 35.526 per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 48   Bulgaria: 33.8 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 49   Azerbaijan: 21.255 per 1 million people  1996 Time series
# 50   Brazil: 21.162 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 51   Argentina: 20.484 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 52   Lithuania: 20.084 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 53   Estonia: 20.015 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 54   Hong Kong: 18.452 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 55   Macedonia, Republic of: 18.222 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 56   Chile: 15.637 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 57   Syria: 14.81 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 58   Cyprus: 12.165 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 59   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 12.022 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 60   Guyana: 12.017 per 1 million people  1986 Time series
# 61   Portugal: 11.522 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 62   Thailand: 10.785 per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 63   Uruguay: 10.757 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 64   Iran: 10.709 per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 65   Uzbekistan: 10.555 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 66   Aruba: 10.101 per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 67   Cuba: 9.926 per 1 million people  1999 Time series
# 68   Turkmenistan: 9.9 per 1 million people  1999 Time series
# 69   Costa Rica: 8.764 per 1 million people  1993 Time series
# 70   Namibia: 8.375 per 1 million people  1993 Time series
# 71   Malaysia: 8.354 per 1 million people  1997 Time series
# 72   Bahamas, The: 7.565 per 1 million people  1992 Time series
# 73   Liberia: 6.835 per 1 million people  1993 Time series
# 74   Turkey: 6.576 per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 75   India: 6.293 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 76   Jamaica: 5.731 per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 77   Mexico: 5.203 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 78   Tunisia: 5.061 per 1 million people  1996 Time series
# 79   Tajikistan: 4.976 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 80   Sri Lanka: 4.934 per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 81   Morocco: 3.736 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 82   Jordan: 3.599 per 1 million people  1989 Time series
# 83   Iraq: 3.049 per 1 million people  1996 Time series
# 84   Nicaragua: 2.845 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 85   Saudi Arabia: 2.825 per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 86   Mauritius: 2.585 per 1 million people  1998 Time series
# 87   Libya: 2.447 per 1 million people  1996 Time series
# 88   Panama: 2.373 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 89   Zimbabwe: 2.331 per 1 million people  1996 Time series
# 90   Venezuela: 2.303 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 91   Bolivia: 2.272 per 1 million people  1995 Time series
# 92   Egypt: 2.161 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 93   Dominican Republic: 2.128 per 1 million people  1986 Time series
# 94   Paraguay: 2.114 per 1 million people  2003 Time series
# 95   Philippines: 1.924 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 96   Algeria: 1.792 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 97   Trinidad and Tobago: 1.547 per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 98   Peru: 1.379 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 99   Colombia: 1.195 per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 100   Botswana: 1.133 per 1 million people  2001 Time series
= 101   Honduras: 1.039 per 1 million people  2002 Time series
= 101   Indonesia: 1.039 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 103   Ecuador: 1.026 per 1 million people  2002 Time series
# 104   Madagascar: 0.883 per 1 million people  2004 Time series
# 105   Kenya: 0.833 per 1 million people  1999 Time series
# 106   Gambia, The: 0.737 per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 107   Lesotho: 0.584 per 1 million people  1996 Time series
# 108   Zambia: 0.55 per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 109   El Salvador: 0.529 per 1 million people  1995 Time series
# 110   Guatemala: 0.437 per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 111   Vietnam: 0.433 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 112   Pakistan: 0.41 per 1 million people  2001 Time series
# 113   Angola: 0.357 per 1 million people  1992 Time series
# 114   Albania: 0.327 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 115   Malawi: 0.261 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 116   Bangladesh: 0.258 per 1 million people  1998 Time series
# 117   Burundi: 0.161 per 1 million people  1996 Time series
# 118   Rwanda: 0.144 per 1 million people  1988 Time series
# 119   Nepal: 0.138 per 1 million people  1995 Time series
# 120   Nigeria: 0.133 per 1 million people  1990 Time series
# 121   Haiti: 0.128 per 1 million people  1999 Time series
# 122   Ethiopia: 0.047 per 1 million people  2000 Time series
# 123   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 0.043 per 1 million people  1996 Time series
Weighted average: 105.6 per 1 million people  



DEFINITION: Patent applications are applications filed with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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