Patent Applications

China has the highest Patent Applications (2021) of any country, at 1,426,644 applications/yr.

Patent Applications — 111 countries (applications/yr)
1	China	1,426,644
2	United States of America	262,244
3	Japan	222,452
4	South Korea	186,245
5	Germany	39,822
6	India	26,267
7	Russia	19,569
8	France	13,386
9	United Kingdom	11,592
10	Italy	10,281
11	Iran	10,210
12	Turkey	8,234
13	Canada	4,710
14	Brazil	4,666
15	Poland	3,377
16	Australia	2,966
17	Netherlands	2,080
18	Singapore	2,024
19	Austria	1,872
20	South Africa	1,804
21	Sweden	1,771
22	Israel	1,592
23	Finland	1,557
24	Saudi Arabia	1,398
25	Indonesia	1,397
26	Spain	1,308
27	Ukraine	1,302
28	Switzerland	1,288
29	Mexico	1,117
30	Denmark	1,090
31	Vietnam	1,066
32	Norway	946
33	Malaysia	883
34	Egypt	881
35	Thailand	867
36	Belgium	799
37	Romania	772
38	Portugal	711
39	Czechia	541
40	Philippines	490
41	Hungary	433
42	Colombia	432
43	Pakistan	426
44	Uzbekistan	413
45	Argentina	406
46	Chile	402
47	Hong Kong	401
48	Greece	394
49	New Zealand	330
50	Belarus	276
51	Algeria	268
52	Sri Lanka	266
53	Morocco	254
54	Slovenia	222
55	Bulgaria	165
56	Kenya	160
57	Slovakia	146
58	Serbia	138
59	Azerbaijan	119
60	Luxembourg	112
61	Mongolia	109
62	Latvia	104
63	Syria	102
64	Peru	94
65	Georgia	90
66	Kyrgyzstan	83
67	Lithuania	81
68	Croatia	77
69	Ireland	75
70	Bangladesh	74
71	Barbados	73
72	United Arab Emirates	69
73	Moldova	64
74	Bosnia and Herz.	53
75	Qatar	47
76	North Macedonia	42
77	Armenia	40
78	Guyana	40
79	Ecuador	35
80	Panama	35
81	Iceland	34
82	Mozambique	30
83	Oman	30
84	Estonia	25
85	Jordan	25
86	Albania	23
87	Cuba	21
88	Yemen	20
89	Jamaica	16
90	Costa Rica	15
91	Rwanda	14
92	Uganda	14
93	Zambia	13
94	Paraguay	10
95	Guatemala	9
96	Dominican Rep.	7
97	San Marino	7
98	Madagascar	6
99	Bolivia	5
100	Monaco	5
101	Malta	5
102	Andorra	3
103	Bahrain	3
104	Botswana	3
105	Djibouti	3
106	Brunei	2
107	Macau	2
108	El Salvador	2
109	Trinidad and Tobago	2
110	Cyprus	1
111	Samoa	1

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