Patent applications, nonresidents, per capita by country
Patent applications, nonresidents divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
157
Highest
0.0153 units per person
San Marino
Lowest
0 units per person
Tanzania
Median
0 units per person
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
5,087
What the numbers show
Patent applications, nonresidents, per capita is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 0.0153 units per person in San Marino; the lowest is 0 units per person in Tanzania.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per person, and the mean is 0.0002 units per person.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 3,612.5%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 98.1%).
Patent applications, nonresidents, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Marino | 0.0153 units per person | 2024 | up 162.2% | rising |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 0.0055 units per person | 2024 | up 3,291.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 0.0021 units per person | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Singapore | 0.0019 units per person | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 6 | Australia | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 7 | United States | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 8 | South Korea | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 9 | Tuvalu | 0.0009 units per person | 2022 | — | rising |
| 10 | Canada | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 11 | Israel | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 12 | Japan | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 13 | Qatar | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 15 | Brunei | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Bahrain | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 18 | Malaysia | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 19 | Grenada | 0.0001 units per person | 2022 | down 36.9% | rising |
| 20 | Oman | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 21 | Chile | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 2,823.3% | volatile |
| 23 | South Africa | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 24 | Kuwait | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 1,343.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Bahamas | 0.0001 units per person | 2017 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 26 | Andorra | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 193.6% | rising |
| 27 | Uruguay | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Seychelles | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Mexico | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 31 | China | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Thailand | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Norway | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Brazil | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 35 | Vietnam | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 98.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Macao | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Netherlands | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 312.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Argentina | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 40 | Morocco | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 209.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 51.4% | rising |
| 42 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 43 | Panama | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Tonga | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | up 505.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Belize | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 46 | Greece | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 2,985.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Paraguay | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 48 | Monaco | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per person | 2001 | up 201.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 74.8% | falling |
| 51 | Barbados | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 52 | Ukraine | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 53 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Russia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 67.9% | rising |
| 55 | Belgium | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 184.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Denmark | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Gambia | 0 units per person | 2022 | up 3,612.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Philippines | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 59 | Indonesia | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Peru | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 61 | Colombia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 62 | Dominica | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Kiribati | 0 units per person | 2023 | — | rising |
| 64 | Switzerland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 65 | India | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Sweden | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Mongolia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Georgia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 69 | Nicaragua | 0 units per person | 2014 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Jordan | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Malta | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 72 | El Salvador | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 73 | Guyana | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 74 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Ecuador | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Italy | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 77 | France | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Bolivia | 0 units per person | 2022 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 80 | Tunisia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 50.6% | rising |
| 81 | Austria | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Honduras | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Jamaica | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 84 | Bhutan | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 176.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Guatemala | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 87 | Iceland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Ireland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Hungary | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 59.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Slovenia | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 119.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Egypt | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 92 | Finland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Congo | 0 units per person | 1996 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Samoa | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Cambodia | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 97 | Botswana | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 244.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Algeria | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 61.7% | rising |
| 99 | Venezuela | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 84.8% | falling |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per person | 1989 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Laos | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Djibouti | 0 units per person | 2022 | up 203.1% | rising |
| 104 | Mauritius | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 60.6% | rising |
| 105 | Belarus | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Portugal | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 186.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 146.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Libya | 0 units per person | 1996 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 632.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Turkey | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Iran | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 156.6% | rising |
| 112 | Czechia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Romania | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per person | 2022 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 115 | Nigeria | 0 units per person | 2020 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 116 | Spain | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Cuba | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Namibia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Poland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Estonia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Moldova | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Pakistan | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 123 | Armenia | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 198.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Cape Verde | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Slovakia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Haiti | 0 units per person | 2014 | up 198.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Serbia | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Iraq | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Eswatini | 0 units per person | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Bangladesh | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 131 | Lithuania | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Latvia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Montenegro | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Croatia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Nepal | 0 units per person | 2017 | up 181.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Cyprus | 0 units per person | 2022 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Bulgaria | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Syria | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Mozambique | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 53.1% | rising |
| 141 | Zimbabwe | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Madagascar | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 143 | Kenya | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Zambia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Albania | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Ghana | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Tajikistan | 0 units per person | 2022 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Ethiopia | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 150 | North Korea | 0 units per person | 2020 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Rwanda | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Yemen | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Sudan | 0 units per person | 2020 | up 164.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Burundi | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Malawi | 0 units per person | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Uganda | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Tanzania | 0 units per person | 2015 | down 74.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 0.001 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0 units per person
- High income 0.0005 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0.0002 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0.0002 units per person
- World 0.0001 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.0001 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0001 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0 units per person
- South Asia 0 units per person
- Lower middle income 0 units per person
- Low income 0 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Patent applications, nonresidents divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Patent applications, nonresidents ÷ Population, total
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
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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 divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.