Patent applications, residents in Albania
Albania: Patent applications, residents was 9 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Patent applications, residents in Albania, 2011–2023
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 9 for patent applications, residents in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 47.1% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, residents in Albania peaked at 23 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3, in 2011.
That places Albania 108th out of 139 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Patent applications, residents in Albania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | — |
| 2014 | 10 | +233.3% |
| 2015 | 14 | +40.0% |
| 2016 | 20 | +42.9% |
| 2017 | 16 | -20.0% |
| 2018 | 15 | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 4 | -73.3% |
| 2021 | 23 | +475.0% |
| 2022 | 17 | -26.1% |
| 2023 | 9 | -47.1% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 9 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 139, 6% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Albania's 9 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 225, 4% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.71 | 3 | 20 | 7 |
| 2020s | 16.33 | 9 | 23 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Albania
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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)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate -4.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled 1 (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, residents in Albania?
- Patent applications, residents in Albania was 9 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, residents recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 23 in 2021.
- What is the lowest patent applications, residents recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2011.
- How does Albania rank for patent applications, residents?
- Albania ranks 108th out of 139 countries with data for 2023.
- Is patent applications, residents rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, residents. 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.