Patents - technology diffusion in Honduras
Honduras: Patents - technology diffusion was 1 Patents in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Patents - technology diffusion in Honduras, 1992–2021
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Patents.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 1 Patents for patents - technology diffusion in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 99.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patents - technology diffusion in Honduras peaked at 182 Patents in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1 Patents, in 1992.
That places Honduras 92nd out of 104 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Patents - technology diffusion in Honduras, year by year
| Year | Patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 Patents | — |
| 1993 | 3 Patents | +200.0% |
| 1994 | 6 Patents | +100.0% |
| 1995 | 1 Patents | -83.3% |
| 1996 | 14 Patents | +1300.0% |
| 1997 | 66 Patents | +371.4% |
| 1998 | 70 Patents | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 75 Patents | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 63 Patents | -16.0% |
| 2001 | 111 Patents | +76.2% |
| 2002 | 88 Patents | -20.7% |
| 2003 | 105 Patents | +19.3% |
| 2004 | 44 Patents | -58.1% |
| 2005 | 82 Patents | +86.4% |
| 2006 | 59 Patents | -28.0% |
| 2007 | 15 Patents | -74.6% |
| 2008 | 120 Patents | +700.0% |
| 2009 | 133 Patents | +10.8% |
| 2010 | 146 Patents | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 182 Patents | +24.7% |
| 2012 | 95 Patents | -47.8% |
| 2013 | 1 Patents | -98.9% |
| 2015 | 1 Patents | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 Patents | +0.0% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 1 Patents is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2 Patents, 50% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 1 Patents is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 33 Patents, 3% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patents - technology diffusion in Honduras 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +1300.0% | 1 Patents | 14 Patents |
| 2008 | +700.0% | 15 Patents | 120 Patents |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.5 Patents | 1 Patents | 75 Patents | 8 |
| 2000s | 82 Patents | 15 Patents | 133 Patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 85 Patents | 1 Patents | 182 Patents | 5 |
| 2020s | 1 Patents | 1 Patents | 1 Patents | 1 |
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More science & technology data for Honduras
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 70.94 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.7094 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 7.68 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 70.8 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -4.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate -3.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 130.35 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patents - technology diffusion in Honduras?
- Patents - technology diffusion in Honduras was 1 Patents in 2021, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest patents - technology diffusion recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 182 Patents in 2011.
- What is the lowest patents - technology diffusion recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 Patents in 1992.
- How does Honduras rank for patents - technology diffusion?
- Honduras ranks 92nd out of 104 countries with data for 2021.
- Is patents - technology diffusion rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Honduras 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