Patent applications, nonresidents in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Patent applications, nonresidents was 1 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Patent applications, nonresidents in Cape Verde, 2016–2024
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
Cape Verde recorded 1 for patent applications, nonresidents in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 66.7% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, nonresidents in Cape Verde peaked at 4 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2016.
Cape Verde ranks 150th of 157 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Patent applications, nonresidents in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | — |
| 2018 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 4 | +300.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | -75.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3 | +200.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | -66.7% |
Cape Verde compared with similar countries
- Cape Verde's 1 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96, 1% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Cape Verde's 1 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.5, 7% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020s | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
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- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 111.84 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.12 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 587,026 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 146.49 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -1.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate -0.5637 % change on previous year (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled 1 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, nonresidents in Cape Verde?
- Patent applications, nonresidents in Cape Verde was 1 in 2024, 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 Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 4 in 2020.
- What is the lowest patent applications, nonresidents recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2016.
- How does Cape Verde rank for patent applications, nonresidents?
- Cape Verde ranks 150th out of 157 countries with data for 2024.
- Is patent applications, nonresidents rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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.