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Patent applications per million people

applications per million people · higher is better · 158 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2021
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  1. 1Korea, Rep.3,597.6
  2. 2Japan1,770
  3. 3China1,010.1
  4. 4United States789.7
  5. 5Germany478.7
  6. 6Singapore371.1
  7. 7Finland281
  8. 8Barbados258.7
  9. 9Austria209
  10. 10San Marino204.4
  11. 11France197.3
  12. 12Denmark186.1
  13. 13Luxembourg175
  14. 14Norway174.9
  15. 15Italy173.9
  16. 16United Kingdom173.1
  17. 17Sweden170
  18. 18Israel169.9
  19. 19Switzerland148
  20. 20Russian Federation135.2
  21. 21Monaco129.8
  22. 22Canada123.2
  23. 23Netherlands118.6
  24. 24Australia115.5
  25. 25Iran, Islamic Rep.115.4
  26. 26Slovenia105.3
  27. 27Turkiye97.9
  28. 28Poland91.3
  29. 29Iceland91.3
  30. 30Belgium69
  31. 31Portugal68.6
  32. 32New Zealand64.9
  33. 33Latvia55.2
  34. 34Hong Kong SAR, China54.1
  35. 35Czechia51.5
  36. 36Guyana49.1
  37. 37Saudi Arabia45.4
  38. 38Hungary45
  39. 39Romania40.4
  40. 40Andorra38.3
  41. 41Greece37.3
  42. 42Mongolia32.2
  43. 43Belarus29.7
  44. 44Ukraine29.4
  45. 45South Africa29.3
  46. 46Lithuania28.8
  47. 47Spain27.6
  48. 48Slovak Republic26.8
  49. 49Malaysia25.8
  50. 50Bulgaria25.4
  51. 51Moldova24.7
  52. 52Georgia24.3
  53. 53North Macedonia22.9
  54. 54Brazil22.3
  55. 55Chile20.7
  56. 56Serbia20.2
  57. 57Croatia19.9
  58. 58Estonia18.8
  59. 59Qatar18.8
  60. 60India18.6
  61. 61Bosnia and Herzegovina16.3
  62. 62Ireland14.7
  63. 63Armenia13.5
  64. 64Kyrgyz Republic12.1
  65. 65Thailand12.1
  66. 66Uzbekistan12.1
  67. 67Sri Lanka12
  68. 68Azerbaijan11.7
  69. 69Viet Nam10.8
  70. 70Malta9.6
  71. 71Albania9.2
  72. 72Argentina9
  73. 73Mexico8.8
  74. 74Colombia8.4
  75. 75Panama8.1
  76. 76Egypt, Arab Rep.7.9
  77. 77United Arab Emirates7.2
  78. 78Morocco6.9
  79. 79Oman6.7
  80. 80Algeria6
  81. 81Jamaica5.6
  82. 82Indonesia5
  83. 83Mauritius4.7
  84. 84Syrian Arab Republic4.7
  85. 85Samoa4.7
  86. 86Brunei Darussalam4.4
  87. 87Philippines4.3
  88. 88Kenya3
  89. 89Costa Rica3
  90. 90Macao SAR, China2.9
  91. 91Peru2.8
  92. 92Djibouti2.7
  93. 93Jordan2.3
  94. 94Bahrain2
  95. 95Ecuador2
  96. 96Cabo Verde1.9
  97. 97Cuba1.9
  98. 98Pakistan1.8
  99. 99Paraguay1.5
  100. 100Trinidad and Tobago1.5
  101. 101Botswana1.2
  102. 102Rwanda1
  103. 103Mozambique0.95
  104. 104Cyprus0.76
  105. 105Zambia0.66
  106. 106Dominican Republic0.63
  107. 107Yemen, Rep.0.54
  108. 108Guatemala0.51
  109. 109Bangladesh0.44
  110. 110Bolivia0.42
  111. 111El Salvador0.32
  112. 112Uganda0.3
  113. 113Madagascar0.2

Patent applications per million people