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Data / Technology Patent applications per million people applications per million people · 158 countries · 1980–2021 · Data 2021 · Status unspecified · Higher is better · CC BY 4.0 Map Bars Trend Distribution Table
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# ▲ Country ↕ Value ↕
1 Korea, Rep. 3,597.6 2 Japan 1,770 3 China 1,010.1 4 United States 789.7 5 Germany 478.7 6 Singapore 371.1 7 Finland 281 8 Barbados 258.7 9 Austria 209 10 San Marino 204.4 11 France 197.3 12 Denmark 186.1 13 Luxembourg 175 14 Norway 174.9 15 Italy 173.9 16 United Kingdom 173.1 17 Sweden 170 18 Israel 169.9 19 Switzerland 148 20 Russian Federation 135.2 21 Monaco 129.8 22 Canada 123.2 23 Netherlands 118.6 24 Australia 115.5 25 Iran, Islamic Rep. 115.4 26 Slovenia 105.3 27 Turkiye 97.9 28 Poland 91.3 29 Iceland 91.3 30 Belgium 69 31 Portugal 68.6 32 New Zealand 64.9 33 Latvia 55.2 34 Hong Kong SAR, China 54.1 35 Czechia 51.5 36 Guyana 49.1 37 Saudi Arabia 45.4 38 Hungary 45 39 Romania 40.4 40 Andorra 38.3 41 Greece 37.3 42 Mongolia 32.2 43 Belarus 29.7 44 Ukraine 29.4 45 South Africa 29.3 46 Lithuania 28.8 47 Spain 27.6 48 Slovak Republic 26.8 49 Malaysia 25.8 50 Bulgaria 25.4 51 Moldova 24.7 52 Georgia 24.3 53 North Macedonia 22.9 54 Brazil 22.3 55 Chile 20.7 56 Serbia 20.2 57 Croatia 19.9 58 Estonia 18.8 59 Qatar 18.8 60 India 18.6 61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.3 62 Ireland 14.7 63 Armenia 13.5 64 Kyrgyz Republic 12.1 65 Thailand 12.1 66 Uzbekistan 12.1 67 Sri Lanka 12 68 Azerbaijan 11.7 69 Viet Nam 10.8 70 Malta 9.6 71 Albania 9.2 72 Argentina 9 73 Mexico 8.8 74 Colombia 8.4 75 Panama 8.1 76 Egypt, Arab Rep. 7.9 77 United Arab Emirates 7.2 78 Morocco 6.9 79 Oman 6.7 80 Algeria 6 81 Jamaica 5.6 82 Indonesia 5 83 Mauritius 4.7 84 Syrian Arab Republic 4.7 85 Samoa 4.7 86 Brunei Darussalam 4.4 87 Philippines 4.3 88 Kenya 3 89 Costa Rica 3 90 Macao SAR, China 2.9 91 Peru 2.8 92 Djibouti 2.7 93 Jordan 2.3 94 Bahrain 2 95 Ecuador 2 96 Cabo Verde 1.9 97 Cuba 1.9 98 Pakistan 1.8 99 Paraguay 1.5 100 Trinidad and Tobago 1.5 101 Botswana 1.2 102 Rwanda 1 103 Mozambique 0.95 104 Cyprus 0.76 105 Zambia 0.66 106 Dominican Republic 0.63 107 Yemen, Rep. 0.54 108 Guatemala 0.51 109 Bangladesh 0.44 110 Bolivia 0.42 111 El Salvador 0.32 112 Uganda 0.3 113 Madagascar 0.2
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