Finland vs Germany: Annual patent applications per million people

Finland
281 applications per million people
in 2021
Germany
478.65 applications per million people
in 2021
Finland rank
7th
Germany rank
5th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Finland
  • Germany
0200400600198020002021

How they compare

Germany currently reports 478.65 applications per million people against 281 applications per million people in Finland, a difference of 197.66 applications per million people.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.7 times Finland's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Germany ahead.

Finland ranks 7th and Germany ranks 5th 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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