Singapore vs Upper middle income: Patent applications, nonresidents, per capita

Singapore
0.0019 units per person
in 2024
Upper middle income
0.0001 units per person
in 2024
Singapore rank
4th
Upper middle income rank
6th

Patent applications, nonresidents, per capita over time

  • Singapore
  • Upper middle income
00.0010.0020.003198020022024

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 0.0019 units per person against 0.0001 units per person in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0018 units per person.

That makes Singapore's figure about 23.6 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Singapore has been ahead every year.

Singapore ranks 4th and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 157 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Singapore Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0003 units per person 0 units per person 0.0003 units per person Singapore
1990s 0.0012 units per person 0 units per person 0.0011 units per person Singapore
2000s 0.0016 units per person 0.0001 units per person 0.0015 units per person Singapore
2010s 0.0017 units per person 0.0001 units per person 0.0017 units per person Singapore
2020s 0.0021 units per person 0.0001 units per person 0.002 units per person Singapore

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher patent applications, nonresidents, per capita, Singapore or Upper middle income?
Singapore, at 0.0019 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 Singapore and Upper middle income?
0.0018 units per person, with Singapore ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and Upper middle income?
35 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Singapore and Upper middle income rank globally for patent applications, nonresidents, per capita?
Singapore ranks 4th 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.