Libya vs Macao: Annual patent applications per million people

Libya
2.41 applications per million people
in 1996
Macao
2.93 applications per million people
in 2021
Libya rank
101st
Macao rank
99th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Libya
  • Macao
0246810198920052021

How they compare

Macao currently reports 2.93 applications per million people against 2.41 applications per million people in Libya, a difference of 0.5243 applications per million people.

That makes Macao's figure about 1.2 times Libya's.

Libya ranks 101st and Macao ranks 99th 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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