Patent applications by residents
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142 of 216 countries report a figure for patent applications by residents
World average: 16,191
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
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| #142 | Tajikistan | 1 | 2019 | |
| #141 | Samoa | 1 | 2021 | |
| #140 | Lesotho | 1 | 2019 | |
| #139 | Laos | 1 | 2018 | |
| #138 | Kuwait | 1 | 2018 | |
| #137 | Cyprus | 1 | 2021 | |
| #136 | Cambodia | 1 | 2018 | |
| #135 | Cape Verde | 1 | 2021 | |
| #134 | Bhutan | 1 | 2019 | |
| #133 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 2021 | |
| #132 | Saint Lucia | 2 | 2018 | |
| #131 | Macau | 2 | 2021 | |
| #130 | El Salvador | 2 | 2021 | |
| #129 | Burundi | 2 | 2020 | |
| #128 | Brunei | 2 | 2021 | |
| #127 | Angola | 2 | 2019 | |
| #126 | Seychelles | 3 | 2020 | |
| #125 | Malawi | 3 | 2016 | |
| #124 | Djibouti | 3 | 2021 | |
| #123 | Botswana | 3 | 2021 | |
| #122 | Bahrain | 3 | 2021 | |
| #121 | Andorra | 3 | 2021 | |
| #120 | The Bahamas | 4 | 2017 | |
| #119 | Montenegro | 5 | 2020 | |
| #118 | Monaco | 5 | 2021 | |
| #117 | Malta | 5 | 2021 | |
| #116 | Bolivia | 5 | 2021 | |
| #115 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5 | 2018 | |
| #114 | Mauritius | 6 | 2021 | |
| #113 | Madagascar | 6 | 2021 | |
| #112 | Ethiopia | 6 | 2020 | |
| #111 | San Marino | 7 | 2021 | |
| #110 | Dominican Republic | 7 | 2021 | |
| #109 | Zimbabwe | 8 | 2016 | |
| #108 | Namibia | 8 | 2019 | |
| #107 | Honduras | 8 | 2018 | |
| #106 | Guatemala | 9 | 2021 | |
| #105 | Paraguay | 10 | 2021 | |
| #104 | Ghana | 12 | 2020 | |
| #103 | Zambia | 13 | 2021 | |
| #102 | Uganda | 14 | 2021 | |
| #101 | Rwanda | 14 | 2021 | |
| #100 | Costa Rica | 15 | 2021 | |
| #99 | Jamaica | 16 | 2021 | |
| #98 | Yemen | 20 | 2021 | |
| #97 | Nepal | 20 | 2017 | |
| #96 | Cuba | 21 | 2021 | |
| #95 | Uruguay | 23 | 2017 | |
| #94 | Albania | 23 | 2021 | |
| #93 | Jordan | 25 | 2021 | |
| #92 | Estonia | 25 | 2021 | |
| #91 | Oman | 30 | 2021 | |
| #90 | Mozambique | 30 | 2021 | |
| #89 | Iceland | 34 | 2021 | |
| #88 | Panama | 35 | 2021 | |
| #87 | Ecuador | 35 | 2021 | |
| #86 | Guyana | 40 | 2021 | |
| #85 | Armenia | 40 | 2021 | |
| #84 | North Macedonia | 42 | 2021 | |
| #83 | Qatar | 47 | 2021 | |
| #82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53 | 2021 | |
| #81 | Moldova | 64 | 2021 | |
| #80 | United Arab Emirates | 69 | 2021 | |
| #79 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 72 | 2020 | |
| #78 | Barbados | 73 | 2021 | |
| #77 | Bangladesh | 74 | 2021 | |
| #76 | Ireland | 75 | 2021 | |
| #75 | Croatia | 77 | 2021 | |
| #74 | Lithuania | 81 | 2021 | |
| #73 | Kyrgyzstan | 83 | 2021 | |
| #72 | Georgia | 90 | 2021 | |
| #71 | Peru | 94 | 2021 | |
| #70 | Venezuela | 96 | 2017 | |
| #69 | Syria | 102 | 2021 | |
| #68 | Latvia | 104 | 2021 | |
| #67 | Mongolia | 109 | 2021 | |
| #66 | Luxembourg | 112 | 2021 | |
| #65 | Azerbaijan | 119 | 2021 | |
| #64 | Serbia | 138 | 2021 | |
| #63 | Slovakia | 146 | 2021 | |
| #62 | Sudan | 153 | 2020 | |
| #61 | Kenya | 160 | 2021 | |
| #60 | Bulgaria | 165 | 2021 | |
| #59 | Tunisia | 180 | 2018 | |
| #58 | Slovenia | 222 | 2021 | |
| #57 | Morocco | 254 | 2021 | |
| #56 | Sri Lanka | 266 | 2021 | |
| #55 | Algeria | 268 | 2021 | |
| #54 | Belarus | 276 | 2021 | |
| #53 | New Zealand | 330 | 2021 | |
| #52 | Greece | 394 | 2021 | |
| #51 | Hong Kong | 401 | 2021 | |
| #50 | Chile | 402 | 2021 | |
| #49 | Argentina | 406 | 2021 | |
| #48 | Nigeria | 410 | 2020 | |
| #47 | Uzbekistan | 413 | 2021 | |
| #46 | Pakistan | 426 | 2021 | |
| #45 | Colombia | 432 | 2021 | |
| #44 | Hungary | 433 | 2021 | |
| #43 | Philippines | 490 | 2021 | |
| #42 | Czech Republic | 541 | 2021 | |
| #41 | Iraq | 635 | 2020 | |
| #40 | Portugal | 711 | 2021 | |
| #39 | Romania | 772 | 2021 | |
| #38 | Belgium | 799 | 2021 | |
| #37 | Kazakhstan | 803 | 2020 | |
| #36 | Thailand | 867 | 2021 | |
| #35 | Egypt | 881 | 2021 | |
| #34 | Malaysia | 883 | 2021 | |
| #33 | Norway | 946 | 2021 | |
| #32 | Vietnam | 1,066 | 2021 | |
| #31 | Denmark | 1,090 | 2021 | |
| #30 | Mexico | 1,117 | 2021 | |
| #29 | Switzerland | 1,288 | 2021 | |
| #28 | Ukraine | 1,302 | 2021 | |
| #27 | Spain | 1,308 | 2021 | |
| #26 | Indonesia | 1,397 | 2021 | |
| #25 | Saudi Arabia | 1,398 | 2021 | |
| #24 | Finland | 1,557 | 2021 | |
| #23 | Israel | 1,592 | 2021 | |
| #22 | Sweden | 1,771 | 2021 | |
| #21 | South Africa | 1,804 | 2021 | |
| #20 | Austria | 1,872 | 2021 | |
| #19 | Singapore | 2,024 | 2021 | |
| #18 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 2,080 | 2021 | |
| #17 | Australia | 2,966 | 2021 | |
| #16 | Poland | 3,377 | 2021 | |
| #15 | Brazil | 4,666 | 2021 | |
| #14 | Canada | 4,710 | 2021 | |
| #13 | North Korea | 6,937 | 2020 | |
| #12 | Turkey | 8,234 | 2021 | |
| #11 | Iran | 10,210 | 2021 | |
| — | Afghanistan | — | — | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | Belize | — | — | |
| — | Benin | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Burkina Faso | — | — | |
| — | Cameroon | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Central African Republic | — | — | |
| — | Chad | — | — | |
| — | Comoros | — | — | |
| — | Republic of the Congo | — | — | |
| — | Ivory Coast | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Dominica | — | — | |
| — | Equatorial Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Eritrea | — | — | |
| — | Eswatini | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | Fiji | — | — | |
| — | French Polynesia | — | — | |
| — | Gabon | — | — | |
| — | The Gambia | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Grenada | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Guinea-Bissau | — | — | |
| — | Haiti | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Kiribati | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Lebanon | — | — | |
| — | Liberia | — | — | |
| — | Libya | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Maldives | — | — | |
| — | Mali | — | — | |
| — | Marshall Islands | — | — | |
| — | Mauritania | — | — | |
| — | Federated States of Micronesia | — | — | |
| — | Myanmar | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | New Caledonia | — | — | |
| — | Nicaragua | — | — | |
| — | Niger | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palau | — | — | |
| — | Papua New Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Puerto Rico | — | — | |
| — | São Tomé and Príncipe | — | — | |
| — | Senegal | — | — | |
| — | Sierra Leone | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Solomon Islands | — | — | |
| — | Somalia | — | — | |
| — | South Sudan | — | — | |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | — | |
| — | Suriname | — | — | |
| — | Tanzania | — | — | |
| — | Timor-Leste | — | — | |
| — | Togo | — | — | |
| — | Tonga | — | — | |
| — | Turkmenistan | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | Tuvalu | — | — | |
| — | Vanuatu | — | — | |
| — | United States Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palestine | — | — | |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)