Patent applications, residents in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Patent applications, residents was 26 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Patent applications, residents in Zimbabwe, 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
Zimbabwe recorded 26 for patent applications, residents in 2024.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and up 188.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patent applications, residents in Zimbabwe peaked at 60 in 1991 and was at its lowest, 8, in 2016.
Zimbabwe ranks 87th of 139 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Patent applications, residents in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 39 | — |
| 1981 | 35 | -10.3% |
| 1982 | 41 | +17.1% |
| 1983 | 40 | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 34 | -15.0% |
| 1985 | 38 | +11.8% |
| 1986 | 47 | +23.7% |
| 1987 | 41 | -12.8% |
| 1988 | 38 | -7.3% |
| 1989 | 39 | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 44 | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 60 | +36.4% |
| 1992 | 42 | -30.0% |
| 1993 | 44 | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 55 | +25.0% |
| 1996 | 28 | -49.1% |
| 2015 | 9 | -67.9% |
| 2016 | 8 | -11.1% |
| 2022 | 33 | +312.5% |
| 2023 | 27 | -18.2% |
| 2024 | 26 | -3.7% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 26 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 26 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10, 2.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patent applications, residents in Zimbabwe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +312.5% | 8 | 33 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 39.2 | 34 | 47 | 10 |
| 1990s | 45.5 | 28 | 60 | 6 |
| 2010s | 8.5 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| 2020s | 28.67 | 26 | 33 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More science & technology data for Zimbabwe
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 94.25 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.9425 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 15.68 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 38.71 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 2.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 4.7 % 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 Zimbabwe?
- Patent applications, residents in Zimbabwe was 26 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 60 in 1991.
- What is the lowest patent applications, residents recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 in 2016.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for patent applications, residents?
- Zimbabwe ranks 87th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is patent applications, residents rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 188.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.