Philippines vs Sudan: Annual patent applications per million people

Philippines
4.33 applications per million people
in 2021
Sudan
3.27 applications per million people
in 2020
Philippines rank
93rd
Sudan rank
94th

Annual patent applications per million people over time

  • Philippines
  • Sudan
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How they compare

Philippines currently reports 4.33 applications per million people against 3.27 applications per million people in Sudan, a difference of 1.06 applications per million people.

That makes Philippines's figure about 1.3 times Sudan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Philippines ahead.

Philippines ranks 93rd and Sudan ranks 94th 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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