Austria vs Denmark: Annual patent applications per million people

Austria
209.03 applications per million people
in 2021
Denmark
186.11 applications per million people
in 2021
Austria rank
10th
Denmark rank
13th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Austria
  • Denmark
0100200300198020002021

How they compare

Austria currently reports 209.03 applications per million people against 186.11 applications per million people in Denmark, a difference of 22.92 applications per million people.

That makes Austria's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 10th and Denmark ranks 13th of 135 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual patent applications per million people
Unit
applications per million people
Source
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), via World Bank (2026); United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World i
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
135 places, 3,804 data points, 1980–2021
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