Patent applications, residents in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Patent applications, residents was 34 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Patent applications, residents in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1999–2024
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
In 2024, patent applications, residents in Bosnia and Herzegovina stood at 34.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.7% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, residents in Bosnia and Herzegovina peaked at 87 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2, in 2012.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 84th of 139 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Patent applications, residents in Bosnia and Herzegovina, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 23 | — |
| 2000 | 31 | +34.8% |
| 2001 | 52 | +67.7% |
| 2003 | 32 | -38.5% |
| 2004 | 50 | +56.2% |
| 2005 | 66 | +32.0% |
| 2006 | 55 | -16.7% |
| 2008 | 59 | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 56 | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 43 | -23.2% |
| 2012 | 2 | -95.3% |
| 2013 | 7 | +250.0% |
| 2014 | 41 | +485.7% |
| 2016 | 60 | +46.3% |
| 2017 | 87 | +45.0% |
| 2018 | 84 | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 45 | -46.4% |
| 2020 | 50 | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 53 | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 36 | -32.1% |
| 2023 | 44 | +22.2% |
| 2024 | 34 | -22.7% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina compared with similar countries
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 34 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 139, 24% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 34 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 225, 15% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patent applications, residents in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +485.7% | 7 | 41 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23 | 23 | 23 | 1 |
| 2000s | 49.29 | 31 | 66 | 7 |
| 2010s | 47.22 | 2 | 87 | 9 |
| 2020s | 43.4 | 34 | 53 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 121.23 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.21 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 3.84 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 73.24 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 2.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled 13 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents 13 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, residents in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Patent applications, residents in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 34 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The highest recorded value was 87 in 2017.
- What is the lowest patent applications, residents recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2012.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for patent applications, residents?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 84th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is patent applications, residents rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina 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.