Patent applications, nonresidents in El Salvador
El Salvador: Patent applications, nonresidents was 138 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Patent applications, nonresidents in El Salvador, 1980–2024
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
The most recent figure for patent applications, nonresidents in El Salvador is 138, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 26.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, nonresidents in El Salvador peaked at 217 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 26, in 1991.
El Salvador ranks 71st of 157 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Patent applications, nonresidents in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 79 | — |
| 1982 | 61 | -22.8% |
| 1983 | 84 | +37.7% |
| 1984 | 65 | -22.6% |
| 1985 | 40 | -38.5% |
| 1989 | 34 | -15.0% |
| 1990 | 44 | +29.4% |
| 1991 | 26 | -40.9% |
| 1992 | 97 | +273.1% |
| 1993 | 75 | -22.7% |
| 1994 | 76 | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 64 | -15.8% |
| 2012 | 217 | +239.1% |
| 2013 | 183 | -15.7% |
| 2014 | 187 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 196 | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 171 | -12.8% |
| 2017 | 178 | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 136 | -23.6% |
| 2019 | 147 | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 143 | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 144 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 145 | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 138 | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 138 | +0.0% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 138 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96, 1.4× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 138 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 161, 86% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patent applications, nonresidents in El Salvador 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +273.1% | 26 | 97 |
| 2012 | +239.1% | 64 | 217 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 60.5 | 34 | 84 | 6 |
| 1990s | 63.67 | 26 | 97 | 6 |
| 2010s | 176.88 | 136 | 217 | 8 |
| 2020s | 141.6 | 138 | 145 | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More science & technology data for El Salvador
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 176.52 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.77 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 11.19 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 547.24 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate -1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled 138 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, nonresidents in El Salvador?
- Patent applications, nonresidents in El Salvador was 138 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 217 in 2012.
- What is the lowest patent applications, nonresidents recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 26 in 1991.
- How does El Salvador rank for patent applications, nonresidents?
- El Salvador ranks 71st out of 157 countries with data for 2024.
- Is patent applications, nonresidents rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.