Lithuania vs Spain: Annual patent applications per million people

Lithuania
28.84 applications per million people
in 2021
Spain
27.57 applications per million people
in 2021
Lithuania rank
47th
Spain rank
48th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Lithuania
  • Spain
0255075100198020002021

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 28.84 applications per million people against 27.57 applications per million people in Spain, a difference of 1.27 applications per million people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Spain ahead.

Lithuania ranks 47th and Spain ranks 48th 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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