Life science patents granted, by technology in Ukraine
Ukraine: Life science patents granted, by technology was 1 patents in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Life science patents granted, by technology in Ukraine, 1993–2023
Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in patents.
Analysis
In 2023, life science patents granted, by technology in Ukraine stood at 1 patents. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 99.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life science patents granted, by technology in Ukraine peaked at 835 patents in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1 patents, in 1993.
Ukraine ranks 55th of 65 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Life science patents granted, by technology in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 patents | — |
| 1994 | 36 patents | +3500.0% |
| 1995 | 19 patents | -47.2% |
| 1996 | 14 patents | -26.3% |
| 1997 | 36 patents | +157.1% |
| 1998 | 4 patents | -88.9% |
| 1999 | 44 patents | +1000.0% |
| 2000 | 86 patents | +95.5% |
| 2001 | 196 patents | +127.9% |
| 2002 | 195 patents | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 341 patents | +74.9% |
| 2004 | 835 patents | +144.9% |
| 2005 | 354 patents | -57.6% |
| 2006 | 378 patents | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 437 patents | +15.6% |
| 2008 | 401 patents | -8.2% |
| 2009 | 389 patents | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 381 patents | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 528 patents | +38.6% |
| 2012 | 392 patents | -25.8% |
| 2013 | 404 patents | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 375 patents | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 405 patents | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 376 patents | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 324 patents | -13.8% |
| 2018 | 324 patents | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 123 patents | -62.0% |
| 2020 | 4 patents | -96.7% |
| 2021 | 3 patents | -25.0% |
| 2022 | 1 patents | -66.7% |
| 2023 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 1 patents is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 27 patents, 4% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 1 patents is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7.5 patents, 13% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Life science patents granted, by technology in Ukraine changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +3500.0% | 1 patents | 36 patents |
| 1999 | +1000.0% | 4 patents | 44 patents |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22 patents | 1 patents | 44 patents | 7 |
| 2000s | 361.2 patents | 86 patents | 835 patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 363.2 patents | 123 patents | 528 patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.25 patents | 1 patents | 4 patents | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
- 52 Austria 2 patents compare
- 52 Portugal 2 patents compare
- 52 South Africa 2 patents compare
- 55 Croatia 1 patents compare
- 55 Estonia 1 patents compare
- 55 Israel 1 patents compare
- 55 Italy 1 patents compare
- 55 Lithuania 1 patents compare
- 55 Malta 1 patents
- 55 Monaco 1 patents compare
- 55 Mongolia 1 patents
- 55 Slovenia 1 patents compare
- 55 Zimbabwe 1 patents
More science & technology data for Ukraine
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 133.38 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.33 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 50.33 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 86.86 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 10.91 % change on previous year (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 15,498 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0004 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life science patents granted, by technology in Ukraine?
- Life science patents granted, by technology in Ukraine was 1 patents in 2023, according to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life science patents granted, by technology recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 835 patents in 2004.
- What is the lowest life science patents granted, by technology recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 patents in 1993.
- How does Ukraine rank for life science patents granted, by technology?
- Ukraine ranks 55th out of 65 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life science patents granted, by technology rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ukraine data come from?
- The figures come from World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life science patents granted, by technology. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of pharmaceutical patents granted by the filing office in a given year. Pharmaceutical patents typically cover new drugs, biological treatments or vaccines.