El Salvador vs Malawi: Patent applications, residents
Patent applications, residents over time
- El Salvador
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 3 against 2 in El Salvador, a difference of 1.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.5 times El Salvador's.
Across all 11 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 122nd and Malawi ranks 119th of 135 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 23 | 1.75 | 21.25 | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 8.8 | 1.6 | 7.2 | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 5.5 | 4.5 | 1 | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patent applications, residents, El Salvador or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 3 against 2 in El Salvador as of 2016.
- What is the difference in patent applications, residents between El Salvador and Malawi?
- 1, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Malawi?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2016.
- How do El Salvador and Malawi rank globally for patent applications, residents?
- El Salvador ranks 122nd and Malawi ranks 119th of 135 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the trans, published as Patent applications, residents. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.