Estonia vs India: Annual patent applications per million people

Estonia
18.78 applications per million people
in 2021
India
18.57 applications per million people
in 2021
Estonia rank
59th
India rank
61st

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Estonia
  • India
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How they compare

Estonia currently reports 18.78 applications per million people against 18.57 applications per million people in India, a difference of 0.2101 applications per million people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Estonia ahead.

Estonia ranks 59th and India ranks 61st 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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