Italy vs Lower middle income: Patent applications, residents

Italy
10,281
in 2021
Lower middle income
42,400
in 2020
Italy rank
10th
Lower middle income rank
7th

Patent applications, residents over time

  • Italy
  • Lower middle income
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k198020002021

How they compare

Lower middle income currently reports 42,400 against 10,281 in Italy, a difference of 32,119.

That makes Lower middle income's figure about 4.1 times Italy's.

Across all 15 years both countries report, Lower middle income has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 10th and Lower middle income ranks 7th of 135 countries.

Lower middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 6,281 10,000 3,719 Lower middle income
2000s 8,634 11,550 2,916 Lower middle income
2010s 8,740 32,267 23,527 Lower middle income
2020s 10,061 42,400 32,339 Lower middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher patent applications, residents, Italy or Lower middle income?
Lower middle income, at 42,400 against 10,281 in Italy as of 2020.
What is the difference in patent applications, residents between Italy and Lower middle income?
32,119, with Lower middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Lower middle income?
15 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2020.
How do Italy and Lower middle income rank globally for patent applications, residents?
Italy ranks 10th and Lower middle income ranks 7th 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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Indicator
Patent applications, residents
Source
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
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
147 places, 4,224 data points, 1980–2021
Last refreshed

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.