Malawi vs Uganda: Annual patent applications per million people

Malawi
0.1709 applications per million people
in 2016
Uganda
0.3049 applications per million people
in 2021
Malawi rank
129th
Uganda rank
126th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Malawi
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Uganda currently reports 0.3049 applications per million people against 0.1709 applications per million people in Malawi, a difference of 0.1341 applications per million people.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.8 times Malawi's.

Malawi ranks 129th and Uganda ranks 126th 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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