China has the highest Grants of patents (number) (2023) of any country, at 920,797 number. It is followed by United States of America (315,245) and Japan…
| 1 | China | 920,797 |
| 2 | United States of America | 315,245 |
| 3 | Japan | 209,368 |
| 4 | South Korea | 134,734 |
| 5 | India | 76,053 |
| 6 | Canada | 27,504 |
| 7 | Russia | 23,406 |
| 8 | Germany | 22,363 |
| 9 | Brazil | 18,287 |
| 10 | Australia | 15,573 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 10,866 |
| 12 | Mexico | 10,471 |
| 13 | France | 10,105 |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 8,377 |
| 15 | Italy | 8,348 |
| 16 | South Africa | 8,118 |
| 17 | Indonesia | 6,429 |
| 18 | Malaysia | 5,211 |
| 19 | Singapore | 5,163 |
| 20 | Israel | 4,928 |
| 21 | Thailand | 4,453 |
| 22 | North Korea | 4,013 |
| 23 | Vietnam | 3,668 |
| 24 | Netherlands | 3,453 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 2,718 |
| 26 | Turkey | 2,446 |
| 27 | Poland | 2,261 |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 2,151 |
| 29 | Chile | 1,945 |
| 30 | New Zealand | 1,939 |
| 31 | Iran | 1,901 |
| 32 | Philippines | 1,747 |
| 33 | Argentina | 1,703 |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 1,276 |
| 35 | Ukraine | 1,158 |
| 36 | Belgium | 1,114 |
| 37 | Colombia | 1,083 |
| 38 | Nigeria | 1,081 |
| 39 | Austria | 990 |
| 40 | Sweden | 835 |
| 41 | Norway | 758 |
| 42 | Spain | 754 |
| 43 | Peru | 690 |
| 44 | Algeria | 668 |
| 45 | Switzerland | 662 |
| 46 | Morocco | 644 |
| 47 | Finland | 586 |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 492 |
| 49 | Czechia | 458 |
| 50 | Iraq | 405 |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 337 |
| 52 | Denmark | 326 |
| 53 | Tunisia | 324 |
| 54 | Romania | 314 |
| 55 | Egypt | 295 |
| 56 | Panama | 284 |
| 57 | Uruguay | 284 |
| 58 | Belarus | 248 |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 240 |
| 60 | Greece | 230 |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 200 |
| 62 | Qatar | 174 |
| 63 | Jordan | 158 |
| 64 | Liberia | 158 |
| 65 | Bahrain | 140 |
| 66 | Slovenia | 135 |
| 67 | Pakistan | 133 |
| 68 | Georgia | 124 |
| 69 | Hungary | 123 |
| 70 | Dominican Rep. | 121 |
| 71 | Cambodia | 119 |
| 72 | Slovakia | 119 |
| 73 | Sudan | 117 |
| 74 | Bulgaria | 114 |
| 75 | Portugal | 107 |
| 76 | Latvia | 105 |
| 77 | Laos | 97 |
| 78 | Jamaica | 96 |
| 79 | Mongolia | 77 |
| 80 | Lithuania | 70 |
| 81 | Honduras | 68 |
| 82 | Ecuador | 67 |
| 83 | Venezuela | 58 |
| 84 | El Salvador | 56 |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 54 |
| 86 | Kenya | 53 |
| 87 | Ireland | 51 |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 50 |
| 89 | Cuba | 48 |
| 90 | Syria | 47 |
| 91 | Moldova | 46 |
| 92 | Brunei | 45 |
| 93 | Gambia | 45 |
| 94 | Oman | 42 |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 37 |
| 96 | Paraguay | 34 |
| 97 | Guatemala | 33 |
| 98 | Madagascar | 32 |
| 99 | eSwatini | 30 |
| 100 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 27 |
| 101 | Zimbabwe | 27 |
| 102 | Uganda | 26 |
| 103 | North Macedonia | 23 |
| 104 | Serbia | 23 |
| 105 | Kuwait | 22 |
| 106 | Tanzania | 22 |
| 107 | Zambia | 17 |
| 108 | Angola | 16 |
| 109 | Congo | 15 |
| 110 | Fiji | 15 |
| 111 | Macau | 14 |
| 112 | Ethiopia | 14 |
| 113 | Guyana | 14 |
| 114 | Mozambique | 14 |
| 115 | Papua New Guinea | 14 |
| 116 | Albania | 13 |
| 117 | Estonia | 13 |
| 118 | Malta | 13 |
| 119 | Haiti | 10 |
| 120 | Iceland | 8 |
| 121 | Tajikistan | 8 |
| 122 | Barbados | 7 |
| 123 | Lesotho | 7 |
| 124 | Montenegro | 7 |
| 125 | Armenia | 5 |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herz. | 5 |
| 127 | Rwanda | 5 |
| 128 | Sierra Leone | 5 |
| 129 | Croatia | 4 |
| 130 | MUS | 4 |
| 131 | Bolivia | 3 |
| 132 | Namibia | 3 |
| 133 | Nepal | 3 |
| 134 | Belize | 2 |
| 135 | Botswana | 2 |
| 136 | Djibouti | 2 |
| 137 | Yemen | 2 |
| 138 | Burundi | 1 |
| 139 | Cyprus | 1 |
| 140 | Malawi | 1 |
| 141 | Nicaragua | 1 |
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