Patent applications, nonresidents in Albania
Albania: Patent applications, nonresidents was 1 in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Patent applications, nonresidents in Albania, 1997–2023
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.
Analysis
Albania recorded 1 for patent applications, nonresidents in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 75.0% on the previous year and down 75.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, nonresidents in Albania peaked at 391 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2019.
Albania ranks 150th of 157 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Patent applications, nonresidents in Albania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 9 | — |
| 2001 | 120 | +1233.3% |
| 2002 | 238 | +98.3% |
| 2003 | 391 | +64.3% |
| 2005 | 386 | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 361 | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 8 | -97.8% |
| 2013 | 4 | -50.0% |
| 2014 | 3 | -25.0% |
| 2015 | 5 | +66.7% |
| 2016 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8 | +60.0% |
| 2018 | 3 | -62.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | -66.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 4 | +300.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | -75.0% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 1 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96, 1% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Albania's 1 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 61, 2% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patent applications, nonresidents in Albania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +1233.3% | 9 | 120 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| 2000s | 299.2 | 120 | 391 | 5 |
| 2010s | 4.62 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 2020s | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 150 Burundi 1 compare
- 150 Cape Verde 1 compare
- 150 Malawi 1 compare
- 150 North Macedonia 1 compare
- 150 Tanzania 1 compare
- 150 Uganda 1 compare
- 150 Montenegro 1 compare
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- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 89.13 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.05 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 2.49 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 95.43 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -4.16 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled 1 (2023)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, nonresidents in Albania?
- Patent applications, nonresidents in Albania was 1 in 2023, according to 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.
- What is the highest patent applications, nonresidents recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 391 in 2003.
- What is the lowest patent applications, nonresidents recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2019.
- How does Albania rank for patent applications, nonresidents?
- Albania ranks 150th out of 157 countries with data for 2023.
- Is patent applications, nonresidents rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Patent applications, nonresidents. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.