Canada vs Netherlands: Annual patent applications per million people

Canada
123.17 applications per million people
in 2021
Netherlands
118.63 applications per million people
in 2021
Canada rank
23rd
Netherlands rank
24th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Canada
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 123.17 applications per million people against 118.63 applications per million people in Netherlands, a difference of 4.54 applications per million people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Netherlands ahead.

Canada ranks 23rd and Netherlands ranks 24th 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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