Patent applications of World increased from 555,000 in 2002 to 1.02 million in 2021 growing at an average annual rate of 3.31%.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.| R&D Expenditure | 2.71 % in 2021 | WB |
| R&D personnel | 1,525.15 per million people in 2018 | WB |
| Scientific and Technical Journal Articles | 2,933,010.7 Number in 2020 | WB |
| Trademark Applications | 1,021,284 Number in 2019 | WB |
| Macro Region |
| Africa | 73 timeseries | |
| Asia | 38 timeseries | |
| Central America and the Caribbean | 36 timeseries | |
| Europe | 84 timeseries | |
| Middle East | 30 timeseries | |
| North America | 357,699 Number in 2020 | WB |
| Oceania | 14 timeseries | |
| South America | 22 timeseries | |
| Southeast Asia | 22 timeseries |
| Country (Number) |
| United States of America | 329,229 in 2021 | WB |
| China | 159,019 in 2021 | WB |
| Japan | 66,748 in 2021 | WB |
| Republic of Korea | 51,753 in 2021 | WB |
| India | 35,306 in 2021 | WB |
| Canada | 32,445 in 2021 | WB |
| Australia | 29,443 in 2021 | WB |
| Hong Kong | 21,542 in 2021 | WB |
| Brazil | 19,566 in 2021 | WB |
| Germany | 18,747 in 2021 | WB |
| Mexico | 15,044 in 2021 | WB |
| Singapore | 12,566 in 2021 | WB |
| Russian Federation | 11,408 in 2021 | WB |
| South Africa | 9,156 in 2021 | WB |
| Israel | 8,017 in 2021 | WB |
| Viet Nam | 7,468 in 2021 | WB |
| Indonesia | 7,403 in 2021 | WB |
| Thailand | 7,375 in 2021 | WB |
| United Kingdom | 7,263 in 2021 | WB |
| Malaysia | 6,651 in 2021 | WB |
| New Zealand | 6,522 in 2021 | WB |
| Philippines | 3,903 in 2021 | WB |
| Argentina | 3,263 in 2021 | WB |
| Chile | 2,680 in 2021 | WB |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,581 in 2021 | WB |
| Morocco | 2,549 in 2021 | WB |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,354 in 2021 | WB |
| Ukraine | 2,091 in 2021 | WB |
| Colombia | 1,855 in 2021 | WB |
| Luxembourg | 1,441 in 2021 | WB |
| Netherlands | 1,390 in 2021 | WB |
| France | 1,373 in 2021 | WB |
| Egypt | 1,343 in 2021 | WB |
| Peru | 1,141 in 2021 | WB |
| Italy | 797 in 2021 | WB |
| Qatar | 722 in 2021 | WB |
| San Marino | 722 in 2021 | WB |
| Norway | 634 in 2021 | WB |
| Nigeria | 598 in 2020 | WB |
| Algeria | 581 in 2021 | WB |
| Iran | 581 in 2021 | WB |
| Pakistan | 567 in 2021 | WB |
| Costa Rica | 566 in 2021 | WB |
| Greece | 532 in 2021 | WB |
| Oman | 511 in 2021 | WB |
| Uruguay | 500 in 2017 | WB |
| Sweden | 425 in 2021 | WB |
| Belgium | 415 in 2021 | WB |
| Panama | 401 in 2021 | WB |
| Bangladesh | 373 in 2021 | WB |
| Ecuador | 373 in 2021 | WB |
| Paraguay | 354 in 2021 | WB |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 338 in 2017 | WB |
| Bahrain | 326 in 2021 | WB |
| Jordan | 322 in 2021 | WB |
| Sri Lanka | 273 in 2021 | WB |
| Tunisia | 271 in 2018 | WB |
| Switzerland | 267 in 2021 | WB |
| Kuwait | 256 in 2018 | WB |
| Uzbekistan | 252 in 2021 | WB |
| Guatemala | 249 in 2021 | WB |
| Cambodia | 248 in 2020 | WB |
| Turkey | 242 in 2021 | WB |
| Bolivia | 227 in 2021 | WB |
| Dominican Republic | 220 in 2021 | WB |
| Lebanon | 194 in 2015 | WB |
| Honduras | 188 in 2021 | WB |
| Denmark | 186 in 2021 | WB |
| Austria | 175 in 2021 | WB |
| Georgia | 164 in 2021 | WB |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 149 in 2021 | WB |
| Nicaragua | 145 in 2014 | WB |
| El Salvador | 144 in 2021 | WB |
| Brunei Darussalam | 137 in 2021 | WB |
| Spain | 126 in 2021 | WB |
| Poland | 111 in 2021 | WB |
| Belarus | 110 in 2021 | WB |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 110 in 2020 | WB |
| Angola | 108 in 2019 | WB |
| Finland | 105 in 2021 | WB |
| Iraq | 98 in 2020 | WB |
| Kazakhstan | 97 in 2020 | WB |
| Gambia | 91 in 2021 | WB |
| Cuba | 86 in 2021 | WB |
| Mongolia | 77 in 2021 | WB |
| Barbados | 73 in 2021 | WB |
| Jamaica | 60 in 2021 | WB |
| Czech Republic | 59 in 2021 | WB |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 58 in 2018 | WB |
| Ethiopia | 54 in 2020 | WB |
| Bahamas | 48 in 2017 | WB |
| Romania | 45 in 2021 | WB |
| Nepal | 43 in 2017 | WB |
| Ireland | 42 in 2021 | WB |
| North Macedonia | 42 in 2021 | WB |
| Portugal | 42 in 2021 | WB |
| Guyana | 40 in 2021 | WB |
| Kenya | 37 in 2021 | WB |
| Macau | 35 in 2021 | WB |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 in 2021 | WB |
| Seychelles | 28 in 2021 | WB |
| Belize | 27 in 2021 | WB |
| Congo | 27 in 1996 | WB |
| Libya | 23 in 1996 | WB |
| Madagascar | 22 in 2021 | WB |
| Yemen | 22 in 2021 | WB |
| Liberia | 21 in 1993 | WB |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 20 in 2021 | WB |
| Haiti | 19 in 2014 | WB |
| Serbia | 18 in 2021 | WB |
| Fiji | 17 in 1986 | WB |
| Slovenia | 17 in 2021 | WB |
| Azerbaijan | 16 in 2021 | WB |
| Grenada | 16 in 2021 | WB |
| Mozambique | 16 in 2021 | WB |
| Mauritius | 14 in 2021 | WB |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 14 in 2021 | WB |
| Hungary | 13 in 2021 | WB |
| Slovakia | 13 in 2021 | WB |
| Zambia | 13 in 2021 | WB |
| Namibia | 12 in 2019 | WB |
| Republic of Moldova | 12 in 2021 | WB |
| Croatia | 11 in 2021 | WB |
| Dominica | 11 in 2021 | WB |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11 in 2021 | WB |
| Tuvalu | 11 in 2021 | WB |
| Djibouti | 10 in 2021 | WB |
| Lithuania | 9 in 2021 | WB |
| Andorra | 8 in 2021 | WB |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 8 in 2021 | WB |
| Armenia | 8 in 2021 | WB |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 in 2021 | WB |
| Ghana | 8 in 2020 | WB |
| Tajikistan | 8 in 2020 | WB |
| Bhutan | 7 in 2021 | WB |
| Mali | 7 in 1981 | WB |
| Somalia | 7 in 1985 | WB |
| Sudan | 7 in 2020 | WB |
| Bulgaria | 6 in 2021 | WB |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 6 in 2020 | WB |
| Burundi | 5 in 2020 | WB |
| Malta | 5 in 2021 | WB |
| Montenegro | 5 in 2020 | WB |
| Turkmenistan | 5 in 1999 | WB |
| Zimbabwe | 5 in 2016 | WB |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 in 2021 | WB |
| Latvia | 4 in 2021 | WB |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 in 2018 | WB |
| Sierra Leone | 4 in 2020 | WB |
| Uganda | 4 in 2021 | WB |
| Botswana | 3 in 2021 | WB |
| Monaco | 3 in 2021 | WB |
| Burkina Faso | 2 in 2010 | WB |
| Cyprus | 2 in 2021 | WB |
| Eswatini | 2 in 2015 | WB |
| Iceland | 2 in 2021 | WB |
| Kiribati | 2 in 1999 | WB |
| Rwanda | 2 in 2021 | WB |
| Saint Lucia | 2 in 2018 | WB |
| Solomon Islands | 2 in 1989 | WB |
| Tonga | 2 in 2021 | WB |
| Albania | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Cabo Verde | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 in 2012 | WB |
| Estonia | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| Lesotho | 1 in 2019 | WB |
| Malawi | 1 in 2016 | WB |
| Samoa | 1 in 2021 | WB |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 1 in 2015 | WB |
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