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	1.7M
2	2	United States	270.3K
3	3	Japan	237.2K
4	4	South Korea	195.8K
5	5	India	63.2K
6	6	Germany	40.1K
7	7	Russia	21.5K
8	8	France	12.8K
9	9	United Kingdom	11.1K
10	12	Turkey	10.0K
11	11	Italy	9.1K
12	10	Iran	8.3K
13	13	North Korea	6.9K
14	14	Brazil	5.8K
15	15	Canada	4.3K
16	16	Poland	3.4K
17	17	Saudi Arabia	3.1K
18	18	Australia	2.5K
19	22	Indonesia	1.9K
20	24	Singapore	1.9K
21	19	Sweden	1.9K
22	20	Netherlands	1.8K
23	23	Finland	1.8K
24	21	Austria	1.7K
25	25	Israel	1.4K
26	31	Vietnam	1.2K
27	27	Switzerland	1.2K
28	32	Mexico	1.2K
29	28	Spain	1.2K
30	26	Algeria	1.1K
31	29	Denmark	987
32	30	Ukraine	969
33	37	Thailand	930
34	36	Philippines	873
35	42	Kazakhstan	841
35	33	Malaysia	841
37	34	Romania	747
38	39	Portugal	743
39	35	Norway	732
40	40	Belgium	647
41	41	Egypt	563
42	38	Iraq	556
43	43	Uzbekistan	507
44	45	Hong Kong	495
45	47	Pakistan	480
45	52	Hungary	480
47	45	Czech Republic	463
48	49	Argentina	445
49	48	Nigeria	410
50	53	Kenya	396
51	51	Chile	390
52	44	Greece	366
53	50	South Africa	350
54	55	Morocco	343
55	66	United Arab Emirates	278
55	54	New Zealand	278
57	57	Colombia	270
58	56	Belarus	256
59	62	Sri Lanka	253
60	65	Tunisia	225
61	61	Peru	214
62	60	Azerbaijan	194
63	62	Bulgaria	179
64	59	Slovakia	167
65	68	Slovenia	154
66	58	Sudan	153
67	69	Serbia	139
68	70	Luxembourg	119
69	73	Lebanon	110
70	73	Syria	104
71	80	Oman	98
72	71	Georgia	94
73	75	Mongolia	89
74	76	Bangladesh	87
75	135	Angola	85
76	67	Latvia	84
77	83	Democratic Republic of the Congo	72
78	72	Ireland	68
79	76	Kyrgyzstan	67
80	81	Ethiopia	66
81	107	Venezuela	63
82	64	Croatia	62
83	78	Lithuania	58
84	84	Ecuador	53
85	84	Turkmenistan	44
86	93	Iceland	38
87	89	Moldova	35
88	81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	34
89	87	Kuwait	30
90	92	Estonia	27
91	152	Ivory Coast	26
91	91	Zimbabwe	26
93	95	Macedonia	25
94	90	Uganda	22
95	79	Qatar	21
96	105	Nepal	20
97	119	Republic of the Congo	19
98	119	Zambia	18
99	109	Paraguay	15
99	109	Montenegro	15
101	93	Jordan	14
102	105	Armenia	13
102	100	Uruguay	13
104	99	Costa Rica	12
104	97	Cuba	12
104	112	San Marino	12
104	115	Libya	12
108	123	Dominican Republic	11
108	103	Yemen	11
108	87	Panama	11
111	96	Mozambique	10
111	102	Botswana	10
111	119	Bolivia	10
114	97	Albania	9
114	112	Malta	9
116	115	Macao	8
116	103	Rwanda	8
116	123	Honduras	8
116	123	Guatemala	8
120	127	Mauritius	7
121	109	Bahrain	6
121	143	Bhutan	6
121	112	Ghana	6
121	107	El Salvador	6
125	152	Tonga	5
125	152	Antigua and Barbuda	5
127	127	Bahamas	4
128	115	Malawi	3
128	127	Cyprus	3
128	135	Madagascar	3
128	135	Jamaica	3
128	143	Trinidad and Tobago	3
128	143	Djibouti	3
134	143	Burkina Faso	2
134	152	Grenada	2
134	101	Liberia	2
134	119	Monaco	2
134	127	Saint Lucia	2
134	135	Haiti	2
134	152	Fiji	2
134	86	Guyana	2
142	143	Cambodia	1
142	143	Tanzania	1
142	143	Papua New Guinea	1
142	143	Cape Verde	1
142	152	Belize	1
142	115	Namibia	1
142	152	Mali	1
142	152	Vanuatu	1
142	152	Aruba	1
142	127	Laos	1
142	127	Nicaragua	1
142	127	Andorra	1
142	127	Barbados	1
142	135	Tajikistan	1
142	152	Somalia	1
142	135	Samoa	1
142	123	Lesotho	1
142	135	Burundi	1
142	135	Brunei	1
142	143	Seychelles	1

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