Patent applications, residents in Uruguay
Uruguay: Patent applications, residents was 13 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Patent applications, residents in Uruguay, 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 Uruguay is 13, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 13.3% on the previous year and down 59.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, residents in Uruguay peaked at 74 in 1981 and was at its lowest, 6, in 2022.
That places Uruguay 97th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Patent applications, residents in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 62 | — |
| 1981 | 74 | +19.4% |
| 1982 | 53 | -28.4% |
| 1983 | 49 | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 42 | -14.3% |
| 1985 | 64 | +52.4% |
| 1986 | 13 | -79.7% |
| 1987 | 42 | +223.1% |
| 1988 | 33 | -21.4% |
| 1989 | 23 | -30.3% |
| 1990 | 29 | +26.1% |
| 1991 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 36 | +24.1% |
| 1993 | 29 | -19.4% |
| 1994 | 20 | -31.0% |
| 1995 | 33 | +65.0% |
| 1996 | 25 | -24.2% |
| 1997 | 33 | +32.0% |
| 1998 | 27 | -18.2% |
| 1999 | 30 | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 41 | +36.7% |
| 2001 | 51 | +24.4% |
| 2002 | 31 | -39.2% |
| 2003 | 42 | +35.5% |
| 2004 | 37 | -11.9% |
| 2005 | 24 | -35.1% |
| 2006 | 30 | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 34 | +13.3% |
| 2008 | 31 | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 25 | -19.4% |
| 2010 | 23 | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 21 | -8.7% |
| 2012 | 18 | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 21 | +16.7% |
| 2014 | 32 | +52.4% |
| 2015 | 21 | -34.4% |
| 2016 | 23 | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 19 | -17.4% |
| 2018 | 12 | -36.8% |
| 2019 | 22 | +83.3% |
| 2020 | 26 | +18.2% |
| 2021 | 31 | +19.2% |
| 2022 | 6 | -80.6% |
| 2023 | 15 | +150.0% |
| 2024 | 13 | -13.3% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 13 is below the median for high income countries, which is 322, 4% of the median. (60 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 13 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 11, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patent applications, residents in Uruguay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +223.1% | 13 | 42 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 45.5 | 13 | 74 | 10 |
| 1990s | 29.1 | 20 | 36 | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.6 | 24 | 51 | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.2 | 12 | 32 | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.2 | 6 | 31 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More science & technology data for Uruguay
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 145.5 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.46 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 4.93 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 27.43 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 2.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 2.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents, gaps filled 401 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents 401 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patent applications, residents in Uruguay?
- Patent applications, residents in Uruguay was 13 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 74 in 1981.
- What is the lowest patent applications, residents recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 in 2022.
- How does Uruguay rank for patent applications, residents?
- Uruguay ranks 97th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is patent applications, residents rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.