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Cuba – Patent Applications 1997

Number of patent applications filed by residents at the national patent office. A proxy for domestic innovation and R&D output. · World Bank
109 +26 from 1996 G20 rank: 54th

Cuba's patent applications was 109 in 1997, increased +26 from 83 in 1996. This was the 54th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1997
Patent Applications by Country – 1997
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Japan 350,807 3.1%
2nd United States 119,214 11.5%
3rd Korea 67,359 -1.5%
4th Germany 44,438 5.0%
5th United Kingdom 17,938 -1.4%
6th Russian Federation 15,106 -16.1%
7th France 13,252 2.6%
8th China 12,672 9.0%
9th Ukraine 4,688 28.9%
10th Sweden 4,130 0.5%
11th Canada 3,344 29.5%
12th Brazil 2,756 5.6%
13th Switzerland 2,408 -3.8%
14th Poland 2,399 -0.5%
15th Netherlands 2,391 1.8%
16th Finland 2,355 8.1%
17th Spain 2,237 -1.6%
18th India 1,926 16.0%
19th Austria 1,910 0.1%
20th Australia 1,760 -2.1%
21st Romania 1,708 -6.7%
22nd New Zealand 1,572 23.3%
23rd Israel 1,441 18.3%
24th Denmark 1,319 0.8%
25th Norway 1,256 -2.7%
26th Kazakhstan 1,171 14.6%
27th Argentina 824 -24.9%
28th Uzbekistan 815 -10.8%
29th Belgium 792 2.1%
30th Belarus 752 7.7%
31st Hungary 737 -8.2%
32nd Czechia 579 -5.7%
33rd Mexico 420 8.8%
34th Bulgaria 394 24.7%
35th South Africa 355 -53.1%
36th Moldova 295 2.1%
37th Greece 293 9.7%
38th Singapore 288 28.6%
39th Iran, Islamic Republic of 284 -1.4%
40th Croatia 273 5.4%
41st Slovenia 266 -7.6%
42nd Georgia 263 -8.7%
43rd Thailand 246 21.2%
44th Slovak Republic 224 14.9%
45th Türkiye 203 7.4%
46th Mongolia 186 63.2%
47th Malaysia 179 -19.0%
48th Latvia 162 -17.3%
49th Chile 161 -8.5%
50th Kyrgyz Republic 152 20.6%
51st Lithuania 125 25.0%
52nd Philippines 125 -23.3%
53rd Syrian Arab Republic 116 9.4%
54th Cuba 109 31.3%
55th Sri Lanka 81 62.0%
56th Colombia 80 -8.0%
57th Indonesia 79 97.5%
58th Portugal 71 -17.4%
59th North Macedonia 66 26.9%
60th Armenia 62 -61.7%
61st Saudi Arabia 57 111.1%
62nd Turkmenistan 52 -21.2%
63rd Luxembourg 48 -7.7%
64th Peru 48 -7.7%
65th Bangladesh 46 109.1%
66th Tunisia 41 -8.9%
67th Guatemala 36 63.6%
68th Algeria 34 -32.0%
69th Uruguay 32 28.0%
70th Viet Nam 30 -18.9%
71st Pakistan 27 68.8%
72nd Hong Kong SAR, China 26 -36.6%
73rd Costa Rica 25 8.7%
74th Tajikistan 23 -23.3%
75th Iceland 22 37.5%
76th Kenya 22 46.7%
77th Malta 22 266.7%
78th Monaco 20 25.0%
79th Trinidad and Tobago 17 88.9%
80th Estonia 15 25.0%
81st Jamaica 9 350.0%
82nd Madagascar 9 28.6%
83rd Ecuador 8 14.3%
84th Mauritius 3 0.0%
85th Nicaragua 3 50.0%
86th Malawi 2 0.0%