Namibia vs Zimbabwe: Annual patent applications

Namibia
8
in 2019
Zimbabwe
8
in 2016
Namibia rank
106th
Zimbabwe rank
106th

Annual patent applications over time

  • Namibia
  • Zimbabwe
0204060198019992019

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 8 against 8 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Namibia ranks 106th and Zimbabwe ranks 106th 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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