Patent applications, residents in Algeria
Algeria: Patent applications, residents was 1,084 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Patent applications, residents in Algeria, 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, residents in Algeria is 1,084, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.3% on the previous year and up 1,053.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, residents in Algeria peaked at 1,396 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4, in 1989.
Algeria ranks 30th of 139 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Patent applications, residents in Algeria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | — |
| 1981 | 14 | +180.0% |
| 1982 | 14 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 30 | +114.3% |
| 1984 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5 | -83.3% |
| 1989 | 4 | -20.0% |
| 1990 | 6 | +50.0% |
| 1991 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 10 | +66.7% |
| 1993 | 8 | -20.0% |
| 1994 | 27 | +237.5% |
| 1995 | 28 | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 50 | +78.6% |
| 1997 | 34 | -32.0% |
| 1998 | 42 | +23.5% |
| 1999 | 36 | -14.3% |
| 2000 | 32 | -11.1% |
| 2001 | 51 | +59.4% |
| 2002 | 43 | -15.7% |
| 2003 | 30 | -30.2% |
| 2004 | 58 | +93.3% |
| 2005 | 59 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 58 | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 84 | +44.8% |
| 2010 | 76 | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 94 | +23.7% |
| 2012 | 119 | +26.6% |
| 2013 | 118 | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 94 | -20.3% |
| 2015 | 89 | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 106 | +19.1% |
| 2017 | 149 | +40.6% |
| 2018 | 152 | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 113 | -25.7% |
| 2020 | 163 | +44.2% |
| 2021 | 268 | +64.4% |
| 2022 | 471 | +75.7% |
| 2023 | 1,396 | +196.4% |
| 2024 | 1,084 | -22.3% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 1,084 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 139, 7.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 1,084 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 225, 4.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patent applications, residents in Algeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +237.5% | 8 | 27 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.57 | 4 | 30 | 7 |
| 1990s | 24.7 | 6 | 50 | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.88 | 30 | 84 | 8 |
| 2010s | 111 | 76 | 152 | 10 |
| 2020s | 676.4 | 163 | 1,396 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More science & technology data for Algeria
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 115.46 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.15 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 54.05 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 21.63 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 3.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 4.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled 329 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents 329 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, residents in Algeria?
- Patent applications, residents in Algeria was 1,084 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, residents recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,396 in 2023.
- What is the lowest patent applications, residents recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 1989.
- How does Algeria rank for patent applications, residents?
- Algeria ranks 30th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is patent applications, residents rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,053.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria 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.