Patent applications filed by nonresidents
Compare patent applications filed by nonresidents across 121 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2021 official-source slice.
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Key Insights
- •121 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2021 observation.
- •United States of America has the highest published value (329229 applications).
- •Cape Verde has the lowest published value (1 applications).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 7,472.6applications)
About This Statistic
Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 329,229.0applications |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 159,019.0applications |
| 3 | Japan | 66,748.0applications |
| 4 | South Korea | 51,753.0applications |
| 5 | India | 35,306.0applications |
| 6 | Canada | 32,445.0applications |
| 7 | Australia | 29,443.0applications |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 21,542.0applications |
| 9 | Brazil | 19,566.0applications |
| 10 | Germany | 18,747.0applications |
| 11 | Mexico | 15,044.0applications |
| 12 | Singapore | 12,566.0applications |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 11,408.0applications |
| 14 | South Africa | 9,156.0applications |
| 15 | Israel | 8,017.0applications |
| 16 | Vietnam | 7,468.0applications |
| 17 | Indonesia | 7,403.0applications |
| 18 | Thailand | 7,375.0applications |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 7,263.0applications |
| 20 | Malaysia | 6,651.0applications |
| 21 | New Zealand | 6,522.0applications |
| 22 | Philippines | 3,903.0applications |
| 23 | Argentina | 3,263.0applications |
| 24 | Chile | 2,680.0applications |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 2,581.0applications |
| 26 | Morocco | 2,549.0applications |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 2,354.0applications |
| 28 | Ukraine | 2,091.0applications |
| 29 | Colombia | 1,855.0applications |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 1,441.0applications |
| 31 | Netherlands | 1,390.0applications |
| 32 | France | 1,373.0applications |
| 33 | Egypt | 1,343.0applications |
| 34 | Peru | 1,141.0applications |
| 35 | Italy | 797.0applications |
| 36 | Qatar | 722.0applications |
| 37 | San Marino | 722.0applications |
| 38 | Norway | 634.0applications |
| 39 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 581.0applications |
| 40 | Algeria | 581.0applications |
| 41 | Pakistan | 567.0applications |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 566.0applications |
| 43 | Greece | 532.0applications |
| 44 | Oman | 511.0applications |
| 45 | Sweden | 425.0applications |
| 46 | Belgium | 415.0applications |
| 47 | Panama | 401.0applications |
| 48 | Ecuador | 373.0applications |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 373.0applications |
| 50 | Paraguay | 354.0applications |
| 51 | Bahrain | 326.0applications |
| 52 | Jordan | 322.0applications |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 273.0applications |
| 54 | Switzerland | 267.0applications |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 252.0applications |
| 56 | Guatemala | 249.0applications |
| 57 | Türkiye | 242.0applications |
| 58 | Bolivia | 227.0applications |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 220.0applications |
| 60 | Honduras | 188.0applications |
| 61 | Denmark | 186.0applications |
| 62 | Austria | 175.0applications |
| 63 | Georgia | 164.0applications |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 149.0applications |
| 65 | El Salvador | 144.0applications |
| 66 | Brunei Darussalam | 137.0applications |
| 67 | Spain | 126.0applications |
| 68 | Poland | 111.0applications |
| 69 | Belarus | 110.0applications |
| 70 | Finland | 105.0applications |
| 71 | Republic of The Gambia | 91.0applications |
| 72 | Cuba | 86.0applications |
| 73 | Mongolia | 77.0applications |
| 74 | Jamaica | 60.0applications |
| 75 | Czech Republic | 59.0applications |
| 76 | Romania | 45.0applications |
| 77 | Ireland | 42.0applications |
| 78 | Portugal | 42.0applications |
| 79 | Kenya | 37.0applications |
| 80 | Macao | 35.0applications |
| 81 | Papua New Guinea | 29.0applications |
| 82 | Seychelles | 28.0applications |
| 83 | Belize | 27.0applications |
| 84 | Madagascar | 22.0applications |
| 85 | Yemen | 22.0applications |
| 86 | Syrian Arab Republic | 20.0applications |
| 87 | Serbia | 18.0applications |
| 88 | Slovenia | 17.0applications |
| 89 | Grenada | 16.0applications |
| 90 | Mozambique | 16.0applications |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 16.0applications |
| 92 | Mauritius | 14.0applications |
| 93 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14.0applications |
| 94 | Hungary | 13.0applications |
| 95 | Slovakia | 13.0applications |
| 96 | Zambia | 13.0applications |
| 97 | Moldova, Republic of | 12.0applications |
| 98 | Croatia | 11.0applications |
| 99 | Dominica | 11.0applications |
| 100 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.0applications |
| 101 | Tuvalu | 11.0applications |
| 102 | Djibouti | 10.0applications |
| 103 | Lithuania | 9.0applications |
| 104 | Andorra | 8.0applications |
| 105 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.0applications |
| 106 | Armenia | 8.0applications |
| 107 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.0applications |
| 108 | Bhutan | 7.0applications |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 6.0applications |
| 110 | Malta | 5.0applications |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.0applications |
| 112 | Latvia | 4.0applications |
| 113 | Uganda | 4.0applications |
| 114 | Monaco | 3.0applications |
| 115 | Cyprus | 2.0applications |
| 116 | Iceland | 2.0applications |
| 117 | Rwanda | 2.0applications |
| 118 | Tonga | 2.0applications |
| 119 | Cape Verde | 1.0applications |
| 120 | Estonia | 1.0applications |
| 121 | Albania | 1.0applications |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2021).
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