Patent applications, nonresidents in Israel
Israel: Patent applications, nonresidents was 8,017 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Patent applications, nonresidents in Israel, 1980–2021
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 Israel is 8,017, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.7% on the previous year and up 45.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, nonresidents in Israel peaked at 8,017 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,445, in 1997.
That places Israel 15th out of 150 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Patent applications, nonresidents in Israel, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 2,104 | — |
| 1981 | 2,132 | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 2,207 | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 2,295 | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 2,690 | +17.2% |
| 1985 | 2,727 | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 2,830 | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 3,035 | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 2,859 | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 3,048 | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 2,856 | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 2,630 | -7.9% |
| 1992 | 2,327 | -11.5% |
| 1993 | 2,635 | +13.2% |
| 1994 | 2,701 | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 3,159 | +17.0% |
| 1996 | 2,101 | -33.5% |
| 1997 | 1,445 | -31.2% |
| 1998 | 3,106 | +114.9% |
| 1999 | 3,904 | +25.7% |
| 2000 | 5,203 | +33.3% |
| 2001 | 5,521 | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 5,095 | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 4,569 | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 4,870 | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 5,157 | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 6,154 | +19.3% |
| 2007 | 6,394 | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 6,214 | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 5,387 | -13.3% |
| 2010 | 5,856 | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 5,526 | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 5,473 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 4,984 | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 5,148 | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 5,623 | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 5,119 | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 5,377 | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 5,857 | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 6,370 | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 6,481 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 8,017 | +23.7% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 8,017 is above the median for high income countries, which is 267, 30.0× the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Israel's 8,017 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 539, 14.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patent applications, nonresidents in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +114.9% | 1,445 | 3,106 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,593 | 2,104 | 3,048 | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,686 | 1,445 | 3,904 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,456 | 4,569 | 6,394 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,533 | 4,984 | 6,370 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,249 | 6,481 | 8,017 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More science & technology data for Israel
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 177.39 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.66 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 16.65 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 655.88 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 15.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 17.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 13,844 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0014 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, nonresidents in Israel?
- Patent applications, nonresidents in Israel was 8,017 in 2021, 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 Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 8,017 in 2021.
- What is the lowest patent applications, nonresidents recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,445 in 1997.
- How does Israel rank for patent applications, nonresidents?
- Israel ranks 15th out of 150 countries with data for 2021.
- Is patent applications, nonresidents rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.