Barbados vs France: Annual patent applications per million people

Barbados
258.73 applications per million people
in 2021
France
197.31 applications per million people
in 2021
Barbados rank
9th
France rank
12th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Barbados
  • France
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 258.73 applications per million people against 197.31 applications per million people in France, a difference of 61.42 applications per million people.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.3 times France's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 1984 it was France ahead.

Barbados ranks 9th and France ranks 12th 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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