Patent applications, residents in Honduras
Honduras: Patent applications, residents was 8 in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Patent applications, residents in Honduras, 1980–2018
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
Honduras recorded 8 for patent applications, residents in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 100.0% on the previous year and up 300.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, residents in Honduras peaked at 63 in 1982 and was at its lowest, 2, in 2011.
That places Honduras 106th out of 135 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Patent applications, residents in Honduras, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 6 | — |
| 1982 | 63 | +950.0% |
| 1983 | 16 | -74.6% |
| 1984 | 4 | -75.0% |
| 1985 | 12 | +200.0% |
| 1987 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6 | -50.0% |
| 1995 | 7 | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 10 | +42.9% |
| 1998 | 11 | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 8 | -27.3% |
| 2000 | 4 | -50.0% |
| 2001 | 7 | +75.0% |
| 2002 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2 | -71.4% |
| 2012 | 8 | +300.0% |
| 2013 | 6 | -25.0% |
| 2015 | 4 | -33.3% |
| 2016 | 10 | +150.0% |
| 2017 | 4 | -60.0% |
| 2018 | 8 | +100.0% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 8 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 47, 17% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 8 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 21, 38% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patent applications, residents in Honduras 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +950.0% | 6 | 63 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18.83 | 4 | 63 | 6 |
| 1990s | 8.4 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| 2000s | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 2010s | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More science & technology data for Honduras
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 70.94 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.7094 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 7.68 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 70.8 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -4.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate -3.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 130.35 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, residents in Honduras?
- Patent applications, residents in Honduras was 8 in 2018, 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 Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 63 in 1982.
- What is the lowest patent applications, residents recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2011.
- How does Honduras rank for patent applications, residents?
- Honduras ranks 106th out of 135 countries with data for 2018.
- Is patent applications, residents rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 300.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Honduras 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.