Australia vs Canada: Annual patent applications per million people
Australia
115.47 applications per million people
in 2021
Canada
123.17 applications per million people
in 2021
Australia rank
25th
Canada rank
23rd
Annual patent applications per million people over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Canada currently reports 123.17 applications per million people against 115.47 applications per million people in Australia, a difference of 7.7 applications per million people.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Canada ahead.
Australia ranks 25th and Canada ranks 23rd of 135 countries.