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Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2 activity (1977-2012) by country

Countries reporting
44
Highest
149.91
United States
Lowest
0.125
Latvia
Median
2.52
Years covered
37
1977–2013
Data points
1,291

What the numbers show

Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2 activity (1977-2012) is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 149.91 in United States; the lowest is 0.125 in Latvia.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.52, and the mean is 12.57.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,199.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 1,026.6%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 87.2%).

Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 149.91 2013 down 50.6% rising
2 Germany 62.46 2013 down 40.9% rising
3 Netherlands 51.07 2013 down 50.9% volatile
4 Japan 45.26 2013 down 59.1% volatile
5 France 38.66 2013 down 23.7% rising
6 United Kingdom 30.78 2013 down 43.0% rising
7 Italy 27.1 2013 down 46.2% rising
8 Switzerland 21.44 2013 down 36.9% volatile
9 Denmark 18.93 2013 down 63.9% volatile
10 Sweden 12.99 2013 down 19.9% volatile
11 Belgium 10.3 2013 down 70.5% volatile
12 Spain 10.13 2013 down 28.5% volatile
13 Australia 7.5 2013 down 64.7% volatile
14 Finland 6.01 2013 down 29.4% volatile
15 Canada 5.84 2013 down 50.9% volatile
16 Israel 5.47 2013 down 34.7% volatile
17 Korea 5.21 2013 down 36.1% volatile
18 Mexico 4.05 2013 up 170.0% volatile
19 South Africa 3.14 2012 up 249.2% volatile
20 Austria 2.76 2013 up 25.0% rising
21 Brazil 2.67 2013 up 257.5% volatile
22 Ireland 2.61 2013 down 25.9% volatile
23 Taiwan Province of China 2.43 2013 up 76.9% volatile
24 Hungary 2.4 2012 down 15.7% volatile
25 Russia 2.31 2013 up 124.1% volatile
26 New Zealand 2.23 2013 down 86.9% volatile
27 Bulgaria 2 2013 down 16.7% volatile
27 Greece 2 2013 down 18.6% volatile
29 Czechia 1.73 2013 up 292.1% volatile
30 Poland 1.65 2013 down 45.0% volatile
31 Romania 1.61 2012 up 1,026.6% volatile
32 Portugal 1.47 2011 up 855.8% volatile
33 India 1.29 2013 down 87.1% volatile
34 Norway 1.17 2013 down 87.2% volatile
35 Slovenia 1.11 2013 up 176.8% volatile
36 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 1.1 2006 up 64.9% rising
37 Slovak Republic 1 2010 up 400.0% volatile
38 Singapore 0.853 2013 down 62.9% volatile
39 Lithuania 0.667 2010 down 33.3% volatile
40 Luxembourg 0.567 2013 up 126.8% volatile
41 Iceland 0.4 2012 down 61.9% volatile
42 Estonia 0.333 2013 down 66.7% volatile
43 Liechtenstein, Principality of 0.167 2013 up 198.2% volatile
44 Latvia 0.125 2013 down 85.1% volatile

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Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2 activity (1977-2012)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
51 places, 1,291 data points, 1977–2013
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