Cuba vs Nigeria: Annual patent applications per million people

Cuba
1.89 applications per million people
in 2021
Nigeria
1.92 applications per million people
in 2020
Cuba rank
107th
Nigeria rank
106th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Cuba
  • Nigeria
05101520198020002021

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 1.92 applications per million people against 1.89 applications per million people in Cuba, a difference of 0.0278 applications per million people.

Across all 8 years both countries report, Cuba has been ahead every year.

Cuba ranks 107th and Nigeria ranks 106th 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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