Global Rankings

Patent Applications By Residents

total applications by country residents

Rank		Country	total applications by country residents
Current	Previous	Country	total applications by country residents
1	1	China	1.4M
2	2	United States	262.2K
3	3	Japan	222.5K
4	4	South Korea	186.2K
5	5	Germany	39.8K
6	7	India	26.3K
7	6	Russia	19.6K
8	8	France	13.4K
9	9	United Kingdom	11.6K
10	11	Italy	10.3K
11	10	Iran	10.2K
12	12	Turkey	8.2K
13	13	North Korea	6.9K
14	15	Canada	4.7K
15	14	Brazil	4.7K
16	16	Poland	3.4K
17	17	Australia	3.0K
18	18	Netherlands	2.1K
19	20	Singapore	2.0K
20	19	Austria	1.9K
21	43	South Africa	1.8K
22	21	Sweden	1.8K
23	22	Israel	1.6K
24	23	Finland	1.6K
25	28	Saudi Arabia	1.4K
26	27	Indonesia	1.4K
27	24	Spain	1.3K
28	26	Ukraine	1.3K
29	25	Switzerland	1.3K
30	30	Mexico	1.1K
31	29	Denmark	1.1K
32	31	Vietnam	1.1K
33	35	Norway	946
34	32	Malaysia	883
35	33	Egypt	881
36	36	Thailand	867
37	39	Kazakhstan	803
38	37	Belgium	799
39	38	Romania	772
40	41	Portugal	711
41	40	Iraq	635
42	42	Czech Republic	541
43	44	Philippines	490
44	46	Hungary	433
45	50	Colombia	432
46	55	Pakistan	426
47	51	Uzbekistan	413
48	45	Nigeria	410
49	34	Argentina	406
50	49	Chile	402
51	47	Hong Kong	401
52	48	Greece	394
53	53	New Zealand	330
54	56	Belarus	276
55	63	Algeria	268
56	52	Sri Lanka	266
57	57	Morocco	254
58	60	Slovenia	222
59	62	Tunisia	180
60	58	Bulgaria	165
61	54	Kenya	160
62	59	Sudan	153
63	61	Slovakia	146
64	64	Serbia	138
65	70	Azerbaijan	119
66	65	Luxembourg	112
67	74	Lebanon	110
68	77	Mongolia	109
69	69	Latvia	104
70	75	Syria	102
71	89	Venezuela	96
72	66	Peru	94
73	72	Georgia	90
74	136	Angola	85
75	78	Kyrgyzstan	83
76	68	Lithuania	81
77	67	Croatia	77
78	76	Ireland	75
79	86	Bangladesh	74
80	92	Barbados	73
81	84	Democratic Republic of the Congo	72
82	87	United Arab Emirates	69
83	71	Moldova	64
84	81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53
85	72	Qatar	47
86	85	Turkmenistan	44
87	82	Macedonia	42
88	136	Guyana	40
88	78	Armenia	40
90	90	Ecuador	35
90	95	Panama	35
92	83	Iceland	34
93	93	Mozambique	30
93	106	Oman	30
95	151	Ivory Coast	26
96	88	Jordan	25
96	96	Estonia	25
98	125	Albania	23
98	93	Uruguay	23
100	90	Cuba	21
101	80	Yemen	20
101	106	Nepal	20
103	123	Republic of the Congo	19
104	108	Jamaica	16
105	115	Liberia	14
105	115	Rwanda	14
105	102	Uganda	14
108	98	Zambia	13
109	102	Ghana	12
109	99	Costa Rica	12
109	115	Libya	12
112	101	Paraguay	10
113	113	Guatemala	9
114	125	Honduras	8
114	110	Zimbabwe	8
114	96	Namibia	8
117	110	San Marino	7
117	108	Dominican Republic	7
119	115	Madagascar	6
119	115	Mauritius	6
119	102	Ethiopia	6
122	115	Malta	5
122	115	Monaco	5
122	99	Montenegro	5
122	151	Antigua and Barbuda	5
122	112	Bolivia	5
127	129	Bahamas	4
128	144	Djibouti	3
128	113	Bahrain	3
128	115	Malawi	3
128	129	Andorra	3
128	136	Botswana	3
128	151	Seychelles	3
134	136	Haiti	2
134	125	El Salvador	2
134	136	Burundi	2
134	123	Brunei	2
134	151	Fiji	2
134	129	Macao	2
134	151	Grenada	2
134	129	Saint Lucia	2
134	144	Trinidad and Tobago	2
134	144	Burkina Faso	2
144	151	Aruba	1
144	151	Mali	1
144	151	Belize	1
144	129	Cambodia	1
144	129	Nicaragua	1
144	151	Somalia	1
144	129	Laos	1
144	136	Samoa	1
144	136	Tajikistan	1
144	136	Cyprus	1
144	125	Lesotho	1
144	144	Papua New Guinea	1
144	102	Kuwait	1
144	144	Cape Verde	1
144	144	Bhutan	1
144	144	Tanzania	1

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Patent Applications By Residents