Kenya vs Namibia: Annual patent applications per million people

Kenya
3.01 applications per million people
in 2021
Namibia
3.02 applications per million people
in 2019
Kenya rank
97th
Namibia rank
96th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Kenya
  • Namibia
02468198820042021

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 3.02 applications per million people against 3.01 applications per million people in Kenya, a difference of 0.0119 applications per million people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Namibia ahead.

Kenya ranks 97th and Namibia ranks 96th 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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