India vs Qatar: Annual patent applications per million people

India
18.57 applications per million people
in 2021
Qatar
18.76 applications per million people
in 2021
India rank
61st
Qatar rank
60th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • India
  • Qatar
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How they compare

Qatar currently reports 18.76 applications per million people against 18.57 applications per million people in India, a difference of 0.1894 applications per million people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 2012 it was India ahead.

India ranks 61st and Qatar ranks 60th 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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