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
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.