Patents in force (number)

Name: Patents in force (number)
Creator: GK Maps

China has the highest Patents in force (number) (2023) of any country, at 4,990,633 number.

Patents in force (number) — 125 countries (number)
1	China	4,990,633
2	United States of America	3,455,220
3	Japan	2,063,676
4	South Korea	1,271,759
5	Germany	928,106
6	France	735,054
7	United Kingdom	719,816
8	Italy	392,105
9	Switzerland	258,939
10	Russia	250,066
11	Netherlands	226,936
12	Spain	201,120
13	Canada	201,063
14	India	188,785
15	Ireland	184,119
16	Belgium	168,645
17	Australia	160,228
18	Austria	143,535
19	Luxembourg	138,282
20	Sweden	128,768
21	Finland	126,567
22	Mexico	109,740
23	Poland	108,142
24	Brazil	103,385
25	South Africa	99,627
26	Denmark	88,096
27	Indonesia	84,540
28	Turkey	79,825
29	Hong Kong	71,836
30	Portugal	55,572
31	Norway	53,144
32	Czechia	50,591
33	Singapore	48,011
34	Iran	46,354
35	Israel	39,218
36	Malaysia	36,594
37	Hungary	34,934
38	Philippines	29,126
39	Greece	28,693
40	Romania	27,498
41	New Zealand	24,024
42	Thailand	21,278
43	Slovakia	20,986
44	Vietnam	20,592
45	Ukraine	19,618
46	Slovenia	18,183
47	Chile	17,579
48	Bulgaria	14,233
49	Argentina	12,976
50	Lithuania	12,815
51	Croatia	12,748
52	Estonia	11,170
53	Latvia	10,954
54	Saudi Arabia	10,436
55	Iceland	9,559
56	Colombia	9,031
57	Serbia	9,000
58	Zambia	8,554
59	Albania	8,497
60	Algeria	5,918
61	North Macedonia	5,711
62	Egypt	5,265
63	Mozambique	5,233
64	Morocco	5,226
65	Iraq	4,963
66	Peru	4,286
67	United Arab Emirates	4,053
68	Kazakhstan	3,176
69	Ghana	2,623
70	Bangladesh	2,414
71	Pakistan	2,112
72	Mongolia	1,579
73	Panama	1,490
74	Costa Rica	1,402
75	Belarus	1,387
76	Uzbekistan	1,314
77	Nigeria	1,205
78	Dominican Rep.	1,118
79	Trinidad and Tobago	1,013
80	Sri Lanka	1,011
81	Brunei	1,005
82	Botswana	915
83	El Salvador	892
84	Uruguay	877
85	Kenya	848
86	Georgia	768
87	Jordan	694
88	Gambia	639
89	Syria	608
90	Venezuela	529
91	Qatar	520
92	Namibia	516
93	Cuba	469
94	Zimbabwe	440
95	Honduras	428
96	Bahrain	352
97	Macau	335
98	Oman	323
99	Jamaica	310
100	Ethiopia	278
101	Moldova	274
102	Montenegro	264
103	Malta	248
104	Tajikistan	248
105	Madagascar	228
106	Bolivia	224
107	Guatemala	218
108	Paraguay	214
109	Burundi	202
110	Kyrgyzstan	196
111	Laos	147
112	Ecuador	139
113	Papua New Guinea	105
114	Yemen	104
115	Angola	80
116	Bosnia and Herz.	74
117	Belize	61
118	Barbados	57
119	Uganda	44
120	Guyana	35
121	Kuwait	22
122	Armenia	16
123	Dem. Rep. Congo	15
124	Cyprus	11
125	Djibouti	7

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