Nepal vs Zimbabwe: Annual patent applications per million people

Nepal
0.714 applications per million people
in 2017
Zimbabwe
0.5479 applications per million people
in 2016
Nepal rank
117th
Zimbabwe rank
120th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Nepal
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Nepal currently reports 0.714 applications per million people against 0.5479 applications per million people in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.1661 applications per million people.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.3 times Zimbabwe's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Zimbabwe has been ahead every year.

Nepal ranks 117th and Zimbabwe ranks 120th 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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