Hong Kong vs Lower middle income: Patent applications, nonresidents
Patent applications, nonresidents over time
- Hong Kong
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Lower middle income currently reports 62,500 against 21,542 in Hong Kong, a difference of 40,958.
That makes Lower middle income's figure about 2.9 times Hong Kong's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Lower middle income has been ahead every year.
Hong Kong ranks 8th and Lower middle income ranks 7th of 150 countries.
Lower middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hong Kong | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,632 | 16,367 | 8,735 | Lower middle income |
| 2000s | 10,900 | 29,190 | 18,290 | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 13,440 | 57,440 | 44,000 | Lower middle income |
| 2020s | 21,133 | 62,500 | 41,367 | Lower middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patent applications, nonresidents, Hong Kong or Lower middle income?
- Lower middle income, at 62,500 against 21,542 in Hong Kong as of 2020.
- What is the difference in patent applications, nonresidents between Hong Kong and Lower middle income?
- 40,958, with Lower middle income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Lower middle income?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2020.
- How do Hong Kong and Lower middle income rank globally for patent applications, nonresidents?
- Hong Kong ranks 8th and Lower middle income ranks 7th of 150 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the trans, published as Patent applications, nonresidents. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.