Denmark vs France: Annual patent applications per million people

Denmark
186.11 applications per million people
in 2021
France
197.31 applications per million people
in 2021
Denmark rank
13th
France rank
12th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Denmark
  • France
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How they compare

France currently reports 197.31 applications per million people against 186.11 applications per million people in Denmark, a difference of 11.2 applications per million people.

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was France ahead.

Denmark ranks 13th 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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