Patents - technology diffusion in Nigeria
Nigeria: Patents - technology diffusion was 2 Patents in 2023. β² Rising
Patents - technology diffusion in Nigeria, 1991β2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Patents.
Analysis
The most recent figure for patents - technology diffusion in Nigeria is 2 Patents, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patents - technology diffusion in Nigeria peaked at 2 Patents in 1996 and was at its lowest, 1 Patents, in 1991.
That places Nigeria 79th out of 104 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.33 Patents | 1 Patents | 2 Patents | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.75 Patents | 1 Patents | 2 Patents | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.29 Patents | 1 Patents | 2 Patents | 7 |
| 2020s | 2 Patents | 2 Patents | 2 Patents | 2 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 76 Montenegro 3 Patents compare
- 76 Belarus 3 Patents compare
- 76 Tunisia 3 Patents compare
- 79 Albania 2 Patents compare
- 79 Lebanon 2 Patents compare
- 79 Paraguay 2 Patents compare
- 79 Bahrain 2 Patents compare
- 79 Bangladesh 2 Patents compare
- 79 Burundi 2 Patents compare
- 79 Zambia 2 Patents compare
- 79 Kyrgyzstan 2 Patents compare
- 79 Jamaica 2 Patents compare
- 79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 Patents compare
- 79 Qatar 2 Patents compare
- 79 Brunei Darussalam 2 Patents compare
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- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.7076 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is patents - technology diffusion in Nigeria?
- Patents - technology diffusion in Nigeria was 2 Patents in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest patents - technology diffusion recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2 Patents in 1996.
- What is the lowest patents - technology diffusion recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 Patents in 1991.
- How does Nigeria rank for patents - technology diffusion?
- Nigeria ranks 79th out of 104 countries with data for 2023.
- Is patents - technology diffusion rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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