Patent applications, nonresidents in Croatia
Croatia: Patent applications, nonresidents was 6 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Patent applications, nonresidents in Croatia, 1992–2024
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
Croatia recorded 6 for patent applications, nonresidents in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.3% on the previous year and down 80.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, nonresidents in Croatia peaked at 1,010 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 6, in 2024.
That places Croatia 127th out of 157 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Patent applications, nonresidents in Croatia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,010 | — |
| 1993 | 746 | -26.1% |
| 1994 | 584 | -21.7% |
| 1995 | 335 | -42.6% |
| 1996 | 356 | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 439 | +23.3% |
| 1998 | 352 | -19.8% |
| 1999 | 144 | -59.1% |
| 2000 | 538 | +273.6% |
| 2001 | 599 | +11.3% |
| 2002 | 703 | +17.4% |
| 2003 | 699 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 839 | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 649 | -22.6% |
| 2006 | 119 | -81.7% |
| 2007 | 93 | -21.8% |
| 2008 | 71 | -23.7% |
| 2009 | 68 | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 21 | -69.1% |
| 2011 | 21 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 32 | +52.4% |
| 2013 | 23 | -28.1% |
| 2014 | 30 | +30.4% |
| 2015 | 17 | -43.3% |
| 2016 | 13 | -23.5% |
| 2017 | 11 | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 15 | +36.4% |
| 2019 | 16 | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 12 | -25.0% |
| 2021 | 11 | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 8 | -27.3% |
| 2023 | 7 | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 6 | -14.3% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 6 is below the median for high income countries, which is 267, 2% of the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 6 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 59, 10% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patent applications, nonresidents in Croatia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +273.6% | 144 | 538 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 495.75 | 144 | 1,010 | 8 |
| 2000s | 437.8 | 68 | 839 | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.9 | 11 | 32 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.8 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More science & technology data for Croatia
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 121.73 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.22 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 4.72 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 81.54 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 3.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 3.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 5,504 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0014 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, nonresidents in Croatia?
- Patent applications, nonresidents in Croatia was 6 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 Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,010 in 1992.
- What is the lowest patent applications, nonresidents recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 in 2024.
- How does Croatia rank for patent applications, nonresidents?
- Croatia ranks 127th out of 157 countries with data for 2024.
- Is patent applications, nonresidents rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Croatia 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.