Hong Kong vs Upper middle income: Patent applications, nonresidents, per capita

Hong Kong
0.0021 units per person
in 2024
Upper middle income
0.0001 units per person
in 2024
Hong Kong rank
3rd
Upper middle income rank
6th

Patent applications, nonresidents, per capita over time

  • Hong Kong
  • Upper middle income
00.0010.0020.003198020022024

How they compare

Hong Kong currently reports 0.0021 units per person against 0.0001 units per person in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.002 units per person.

That makes Hong Kong's figure about 25.4 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 42 years both countries report, Hong Kong has been ahead every year.

Hong Kong ranks 3rd and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 157 countries.

Hong Kong has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hong Kong Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0002 units per person 0 units per person 0.0002 units per person Hong Kong
1990s 0.0005 units per person 0 units per person 0.0005 units per person Hong Kong
2000s 0.0016 units per person 0.0001 units per person 0.0015 units per person Hong Kong
2010s 0.0018 units per person 0.0001 units per person 0.0018 units per person Hong Kong
2020s 0.0026 units per person 0.0001 units per person 0.0025 units per person Hong Kong

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher patent applications, nonresidents, per capita, Hong Kong or Upper middle income?
Hong Kong, at 0.0021 units per person against 0.0001 units per person in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in patent applications, nonresidents, per capita between Hong Kong and Upper middle income?
0.002 units per person, with Hong Kong ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Upper middle income?
42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
How do Hong Kong and Upper middle income rank globally for patent applications, nonresidents, per capita?
Hong Kong ranks 3rd and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 157 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Patent applications, nonresidents, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Patent applications, nonresidents, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
169 places, 5,087 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed

Patent applications, nonresidents divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.