Libya vs Peru: Annual patent applications per million people

Libya
2.41 applications per million people
in 1996
Peru
2.84 applications per million people
in 2021
Libya rank
101st
Peru rank
100th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Libya
  • Peru
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 2.84 applications per million people against 2.41 applications per million people in Libya, a difference of 0.429 applications per million people.

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

Across all 5 years both countries report, Libya has been ahead every year.

Libya ranks 101st and Peru ranks 100th 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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