Resident patent filings (per million population)

Name: Resident patent filings (per million population)
Creator: GK Maps

Which countries lead the world in patents of resident patent filings (per million population)? Explore the full ranking on the map below.

Resident patent filings (per million population) — 131 countries (per million population)
1	South Korea	3,696
2	Japan	1,839
3	Switzerland	1,212
4	China	1,079
5	United States of America	817
6	Germany	751
7	Finland	717
8	Sweden	664
9	Denmark	619
10	Netherlands	495
11	Austria	453
12	France	359
13	Belgium	280
14	Norway	274
15	Singapore	274
16	North Korea	264
17	United Kingdom	255
18	Italy	230
19	Ireland	218
20	Israel	147
21	Russia	147
22	Slovenia	138
23	Poland	126
24	Turkey	106
25	Canada	102
26	Portugal	100
27	Iran	95
28	Australia	94
29	Latvia	89
30	Saudi Arabia	86
31	Estonia	70
32	Lithuania	68
33	Oman	68
34	Spain	68
35	Czechia	65
36	Greece	64
37	Hong Kong	62
38	New Zealand	60
39	Croatia	56
40	Slovakia	53
41	Hungary	51
42	Romania	45
43	Cyprus	44
44	Belarus	41
45	Kazakhstan	40
46	Bulgaria	35
47	India	35
48	Algeria	31
49	United Arab Emirates	29
50	Ukraine	27
51	Georgia	26
52	Malaysia	25
53	Brazil	23
54	Qatar	23
55	Mongolia	22
56	Chile	20
57	Serbia	20
58	Iraq	16
59	Bosnia and Herz.	14
60	Uzbekistan	14
61	North Macedonia	13
62	Tunisia	13
63	Moldova	12
64	Kyrgyzstan	11
65	Thailand	11
66	Vietnam	10
67	Argentina	9
68	Armenia	9
69	Bahrain	9
70	Mexico	8
71	Morocco	8
72	Sri Lanka	8
73	Kenya	7
74	Philippines	7
75	South Africa	7
76	Albania	6
77	Egypt	6
78	Indonesia	6
79	Namibia	6
80	Peru	6
81	Colombia	5
82	Panama	5
83	Botswana	4
84	Costa Rica	4
85	Lesotho	4
86	Uruguay	4
87	Gabon	3
88	Sudan	3
89	Syria	3
90	Cameroon	2
91	Cuba	2
92	Ecuador	2
93	Jordan	2
94	MUS	2
95	Nigeria	2
96	Pakistan	2
97	Togo	2
98	Yemen	2
99	Zimbabwe	2
100	Bolivia	1
101	Central African Rep.	1
102	Congo	1
103	Côte d'Ivoire	1
104	Dem. Rep. Congo	1
105	Dominican Rep.	1
106	El Salvador	1
107	Guatemala	1
108	Guinea-Bissau	1
109	Haiti	1
110	Honduras	1
111	Jamaica	1
112	Laos	1
113	Libya	1
114	Mauritania	1
115	Mozambique	1
116	Nicaragua	1
117	Paraguay	1
118	Rwanda	1
119	Senegal	1
120	Tajikistan	1
121	Trinidad and Tobago	1
122	Uganda	1
123	Venezuela	1
124	Zambia	1
125	Bangladesh	0
126	Burkina Faso	0
127	Chad	0
128	Guinea	0
129	Madagascar	0
130	Mali	0
131	Niger	0

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