Patents - technology diffusion in Ghana
Ghana: Patents - technology diffusion was 1 Patents in 2020. β¬ Flat
Patents - technology diffusion in Ghana, 1998β2020
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Patents.
Analysis
The most recent figure for patents - technology diffusion in Ghana is 1 Patents, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, patents - technology diffusion in Ghana peaked at 1 Patents in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1 Patents, in 1998.
Ghana ranks 92nd of 104 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 Patents | 1 Patents | 1 Patents | 1 |
| 2000s | 1 Patents | 1 Patents | 1 Patents | 2 |
| 2010s | 1 Patents | 1 Patents | 1 Patents | 2 |
| 2020s | 1 Patents | 1 Patents | 1 Patents | 1 |
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- 92 Trinidad and Tobago 1 Patents compare
- 92 Zimbabwe 1 Patents compare
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- 92 Honduras 1 Patents compare
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- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.14 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
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- Scientific and technical journal articles 3,270 (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is patents - technology diffusion in Ghana?
- Patents - technology diffusion in Ghana was 1 Patents in 2020, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest patents - technology diffusion recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1 Patents in 1998.
- What is the lowest patents - technology diffusion recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 Patents in 1998.
- How does Ghana rank for patents - technology diffusion?
- Ghana ranks 92nd out of 104 countries with data for 2020.
- Is patents - technology diffusion rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Patents - technology diffusion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Patent statistics and indicators are suitable for tracking innovation in environment-related technologies. They allow the assessment of countries' innovation performance as well as the design of governments' environmental and innovation policies. This dataset presents data on patent applications by patent office. For more information on the methodology, click the link below on "Database documentation" Data source(s): OECD, STI Micro-data Lab: Intellectual Property Database, http://oe.cd/ipstats Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: April 16, 2026 Database documentation