Madagascar vs Malta: Annual patent applications

Madagascar
6
in 2021
Malta
5
in 2021
Madagascar rank
111th
Malta rank
114th

Annual patent applications over time

  • Madagascar
  • Malta
0510152025198020002021

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 6 against 5 in Malta, a difference of 1.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.2 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Malta ahead.

Madagascar ranks 111th and Malta ranks 114th 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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