Finland vs Spain: Annual patent applications

Finland
1,557
in 2021
Spain
1,308
in 2021
Finland rank
24th
Spain rank
27th

Annual patent applications over time

  • Finland
  • Spain
1.5k2.0k2.5k3.0k3.5k198020002021

How they compare

Finland currently reports 1,557 against 1,308 in Spain, a difference of 249.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Spain ahead.

Finland ranks 24th and Spain ranks 27th of 135 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual patent applications
Source
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
135 places, 3,804 data points, 1980–2021
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