Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled in Malawi
Malawi: Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled was 1 in 2016. ▼ Falling
Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled in Malawi, 1980–2016
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
In 2016, patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled in Malawi stood at 1. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
Over the whole period, patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled in Malawi peaked at 53 in 1987 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2016.
Malawi ranks 150th of 157 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 51 | — |
| 1981 | 41 | -19.6% |
| 1982 | 49 | +19.5% |
| 1983 | 37 | -24.5% |
| 1984 | 26 | -29.7% |
| 1985 | 35 | +34.6% |
| 1986 | 39 | +11.4% |
| 1987 | 53 | +35.9% |
| 1988 | 33 | -37.7% |
| 1989 | 34 | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 33 | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 21 | -36.4% |
| 1992 | 12 | -42.9% |
| 1993 | 15 | +25.0% |
| 1994 | 12 | -20.0% |
| 1995 | 33 | +175.0% |
| 1996 | 30 | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 26 | -13.3% |
| 1998 | 18 | -30.8% |
| 1999 | 17.5 | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 17 | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | -94.1% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 1 is below the median for low income countries, which is 6.5, 15% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 1 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.5, 7% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled in Malawi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +175.0% | 12 | 33 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 39.8 | 26 | 53 | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.75 | 12 | 33 | 10 |
| 2000s | 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 150 Albania 1 compare
- 150 Burundi 1 compare
- 150 Cape Verde 1
- 150 North Macedonia 1 compare
- 150 Montenegro 1 compare
- 150 Tanzania 1 compare
- 150 Uganda 1 compare
More science & technology data for Malawi
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 69.26 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.6926 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 15.00 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 136.74 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 13.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 16.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents 1 (2016)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, per capita 0 units per person (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled in Malawi?
- Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled in Malawi was 1 in 2016, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 53 in 1987.
- What is the lowest patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2016.
- How does Malawi rank for patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled?
- Malawi ranks 150th out of 157 countries with data for 2016.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Patent applications, nonresidents with 301 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Patent applications, nonresidents 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
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Patent applications, nonresidents with 301 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.