Patent applications, residents in Slovenia
Slovenia: Patent applications, residents was 154 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Patent applications, residents in Slovenia, 1991–2024
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 Slovenia is 154, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.8% on the previous year and down 67.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, residents in Slovenia peaked at 470 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 21, in 1991.
Slovenia ranks 65th of 139 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Patent applications, residents in Slovenia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 21 | — |
| 1992 | 188 | +795.2% |
| 1993 | 277 | +47.3% |
| 1994 | 286 | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 314 | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 288 | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 266 | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 288 | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 261 | -9.4% |
| 2000 | 307 | +17.6% |
| 2001 | 301 | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 300 | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 310 | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 342 | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 344 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 287 | -16.6% |
| 2007 | 331 | +15.3% |
| 2008 | 301 | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 373 | +23.9% |
| 2010 | 442 | +18.5% |
| 2011 | 470 | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 255 | -45.7% |
| 2020 | 232 | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 222 | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 224 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 139 | -37.9% |
| 2024 | 154 | +10.8% |
Slovenia compared with similar countries
- Slovenia's 154 is below the median for high income countries, which is 322, 48% of the median. (60 countries reporting)
- Slovenia's 154 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 225, 68% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patent applications, residents in Slovenia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +795.2% | 21 | 188 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 243.22 | 21 | 314 | 9 |
| 2000s | 319.6 | 287 | 373 | 10 |
| 2010s | 389 | 255 | 470 | 3 |
| 2020s | 194.2 | 139 | 232 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Slovenia
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- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 130.86 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.3 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 2.77 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 135.96 units per square kilometre (2023)
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- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 1.28 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, residents in Slovenia?
- Patent applications, residents in Slovenia was 154 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 Slovenia?
- The highest recorded value was 470 in 2011.
- What is the lowest patent applications, residents recorded in Slovenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21 in 1991.
- How does Slovenia rank for patent applications, residents?
- Slovenia ranks 65th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is patent applications, residents rising or falling in Slovenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovenia 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.