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Brazil – Patent Applications 2017

Number of patent applications filed by residents at the national patent office. A proxy for domestic innovation and R&D output. · World Bank
5,480 +280 from 2016 G20 rank: 14th

Brazil's patent applications was 5,480 in 2017, increased +280 from 5,200 in 2016. This was the 14th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2017
Patent Applications by Country – 2017
RankCountryValueYoY
1st China 1.2M 3.4%
2nd United States 293,904 -0.5%
3rd Japan 260,292 0.0%
4th Korea 159,084 -2.7%
5th Germany 47,785 -1.4%
6th Russian Federation 22,777 -15.0%
7th Iran, Islamic Republic of 15,264 2.2%
8th India 14,961 13.3%
9th France 14,415 1.5%
10th United Kingdom 13,301 -4.1%
11th Italy 8,643 -2.3%
12th Türkiye 8,175 31.2%
13th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 8,095 -3.1%
14th Brazil 5,480 5.4%
15th Canada 4,053 -0.6%
16th Poland 3,924 -7.9%
17th Australia 2,503 -4.5%
18th Ukraine 2,283 2.2%
19th Indonesia 2,271 106.3%
20th Netherlands 2,241 -2.1%
21st Spain 2,167 -21.1%
22nd Austria 2,073 -0.2%
23rd Sweden 1,992 -2.0%
24th Singapore 1,609 0.5%
25th Denmark 1,490 -4.0%
26th Israel 1,436 10.5%
27th Finland 1,390 10.3%
28th Switzerland 1,337 -8.5%
29th Mexico 1,334 1.8%
30th Malaysia 1,166 5.1%
31st Norway 1,152 -6.1%
32nd Romania 1,098 9.3%
33rd Kazakhstan 1,055 6.2%
34th Egypt, Arab Republic of 1,025 11.4%
35th New Zealand 1,014 -5.7%
36th Belgium 1,001 -5.0%
37th Thailand 979 -10.8%
38th Saudi Arabia 909 -15.0%
39th Czechia 794 0.3%
40th South Africa 728 3.4%
41st Portugal 644 -11.0%
42nd Iraq 613 83.0%
43rd Colombia 595 9.2%
44th Viet Nam 592 5.7%
45th Greece 498 -17.8%
46th Hungary 496 -19.5%
47th Belarus 434 -4.6%
48th Chile 425 10.1%
49th Argentina 393 -55.5%
50th Uzbekistan 357 1.1%
51st Hong Kong SAR, China 324 39.1%
52nd Philippines 323 -1.2%
53rd Sudan 281 -1.1%
54th Sri Lanka 277 -1.1%
55th Azerbaijan 204 41.7%
56th Bulgaria 202 -12.2%
57th Morocco 198 -16.5%
58th Pakistan 193 -5.4%
59th Slovak Republic 183 -16.8%
60th Tunisia 172 -26.8%
61st Serbia 171 -10.9%
62nd Luxembourg 156 9.1%
63rd Algeria 149 40.6%
64th Croatia 148 -15.4%
65th Kyrgyz Republic 137 63.1%
66th Kenya 135 -6.3%
67th Mongolia 124 10.7%
68th Syrian Arab Republic 120 -39.4%
69th Armenia 107 -14.4%
70th Nigeria 100 17.6%
71st Peru 100 38.9%
72nd Latvia 90 -5.3%
73rd Bosnia and Herzegovina 87 45.0%
74th Lithuania 81 -14.7%
75th Georgia 75 -21.9%
76th Moldova 73 -19.8%
77th United Arab Emirates 63 10.5%
78th Ireland 62 -21.5%
79th Bangladesh 61 -20.8%
80th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 59 391.7%
81st Estonia 37 27.6%
82nd Iceland 36 2.9%
83rd Panama 33 -51.5%
84th Cuba 29 -9.4%
85th Jordan 26 18.2%
86th Uganda 25 56.3%
87th Mozambique 24 60.0%
88th Uruguay 23 -11.5%
89th Dominican Republic 20 -28.6%
90th Nepal 20 81.8%
91st Costa Rica 19 111.1%
92nd Qatar 19 18.8%
93rd Monaco 18 157.1%
94th Albania 16 -20.0%
95th Ecuador 16 -64.4%
96th Ghana 15 7.1%
97th Yemen, Republic of 15 -6.3%
98th San Marino 14 16.7%
99th Zambia 12 -20.0%
100th Jamaica 11 -42.1%
101st Namibia 10 -44.4%
102nd Madagascar 9 50.0%
103rd Bahrain 8 33.3%
104th Brunei Darussalam 8 -50.0%
105th Cyprus 8 166.7%
106th Malta 5 66.7%
107th Bahamas, The 4 33.3%
108th Honduras 4 -60.0%
109th Oman 4 33.3%
110th Rwanda 4 33.3%
111th El Salvador 4 0.0%
112th Burundi 3 200.0%
113th Botswana 3 200.0%
114th Guatemala 3 0.0%
115th Lao PDR 3 200.0%
116th St. Lucia 3 -40.0%
117th Cabo Verde 2 0.0%
118th Macao SAR, China 1 -66.7%
119th Mauritius 1 -50.0%