Patent applications, residents in Jordan
Jordan: Patent applications, residents was 25 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Patent applications, residents in Jordan, 1989–2021
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
In 2021, patent applications, residents in Jordan stood at 25.
The figure is down 30.6% on the previous year and down 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, residents in Jordan peaked at 75 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 11, in 1989.
Jordan ranks 91st of 135 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Patent applications, residents in Jordan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 11 | — |
| 2000 | 71 | +545.5% |
| 2001 | 52 | -26.8% |
| 2002 | 21 | -59.6% |
| 2003 | 25 | +19.0% |
| 2004 | 42 | +68.0% |
| 2005 | 49 | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 75 | +53.1% |
| 2007 | 59 | -21.3% |
| 2008 | 50 | -15.3% |
| 2009 | 60 | +20.0% |
| 2010 | 45 | -25.0% |
| 2011 | 40 | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 48 | +20.0% |
| 2013 | 35 | -27.1% |
| 2014 | 40 | +14.3% |
| 2015 | 41 | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 22 | -46.3% |
| 2017 | 26 | +18.2% |
| 2018 | 24 | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 21 | -12.5% |
| 2020 | 36 | +71.4% |
| 2021 | 25 | -30.6% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 25 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 109, 23% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 25 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 141, 18% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patent applications, residents in Jordan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +545.5% | 11 | 71 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| 2000s | 50.4 | 21 | 75 | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.2 | 21 | 48 | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.5 | 25 | 36 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
More science & technology data for Jordan
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 69.64 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.6964 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 8.05 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 87.02 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 3.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 4.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 5,419 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0005 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, residents in Jordan?
- Patent applications, residents in Jordan was 25 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, residents recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 75 in 2006.
- What is the lowest patent applications, residents recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 in 1989.
- How does Jordan rank for patent applications, residents?
- Jordan ranks 91st out of 135 countries with data for 2021.
- Is patent applications, residents rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jordan 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.