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Denmark – Patent Applications 2012

Number of patent applications filed by residents at the national patent office. A proxy for domestic innovation and R&D output. · World Bank
1,406 −168 from 2011 G20 rank: 27th

Denmark's patent applications was 1,406 in 2012, decreased +168 from 1,574 in 2011. This was the 27th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2012▾
Patent Applications by Country – 2012
RankCountryValueYoY
1st China 535,313 28.7%
2nd Japan 287,013 -0.2%
3rd United States 268,782 8.5%
4th Korea 148,136 7.3%
5th Germany 46,620 -0.8%
6th Russian Federation 28,701 8.3%
7th United Kingdom 15,370 0.2%
8th France 14,540 -0.8%
9th Iran, Islamic Republic of 10,622 -7.9%
10th India 9,553 8.1%
11th Italy 8,439 -4.0%
12th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 8,354 5.0%
13th Brazil 4,798 2.2%
14th Canada 4,709 -0.9%
15th Türkiye 4,434 14.1%
16th Poland 4,410 13.7%
17th Spain 3,266 -4.8%
18th Australia 2,627 10.2%
19th Ukraine 2,491 -6.0%
20th Netherlands 2,375 -8.1%
21st Sweden 2,288 14.2%
22nd Austria 2,258 4.8%
23rd Finland 1,698 2.9%
24th Belarus 1,681 -2.6%
25th Switzerland 1,480 -7.3%
26th New Zealand 1,425 -5.1%
27th Denmark 1,406 -10.7%
28th Israel 1,319 -3.0%
29th Mexico 1,294 21.5%
30th Malaysia 1,114 3.5%
31st Singapore 1,081 2.4%
32nd Romania 1,022 -28.2%
33rd Thailand 1,020 10.0%
34th Norway 1,009 -10.1%
35th Czechia 867 10.7%
36th Belgium 755 18.7%
37th Argentina 735 6.8%
38th Hungary 692 4.5%
39th Egypt, Arab Republic of 683 10.5%
40th Greece 628 -13.0%
41st Portugal 621 8.8%
42nd South Africa 608 -7.3%
43rd Viet Nam 382 27.3%
44th Chile 336 -0.9%
45th Uzbekistan 257 -8.9%
46th Bulgaria 245 -6.5%
47th Croatia 217 -5.7%
48th Colombia 213 16.4%
49th Morocco 197 16.6%
50th Latvia 193 11.6%
51st Serbia 192 6.7%
52nd Hong Kong SAR, China 171 -5.5%
53rd Slovak Republic 168 -25.0%
54th Philippines 162 -12.9%
55th Tunisia 150 9.5%
56th Azerbaijan 144 -25.4%
57th Georgia 139 0.7%
58th Armenia 137 13.2%
59th Kenya 123 -8.9%
60th Algeria 119 26.6%
61st Kyrgyz Republic 110 -11.3%
62nd Lithuania 109 17.2%
63rd Luxembourg 109 28.2%
64th Pakistan 96 4.3%
65th Moldova 93 -4.1%
66th Bangladesh 67 81.1%
67th Peru 54 38.5%
68th North Macedonia 50 35.1%
69th Jordan 48 20.0%
70th Nigeria 42 -34.4%
71st Rwanda 40 3,900.0%
72nd Cuba 38 -38.7%
73rd Iceland 37 -26.0%
74th Montenegro 37 85.0%
75th Yemen, Republic of 36 414.3%
76th Côte d'Ivoire 26 –
77th Jamaica 25 25.0%
78th United Arab Emirates 23 -30.3%
79th Uruguay 22 10.0%
80th Brunei Darussalam 20 –
81st Estonia 20 -67.7%
82nd Dominican Republic 19 26.7%
83rd Mozambique 14 75.0%
84th Malta 11 22.2%
85th Costa Rica 9 -30.8%
86th Honduras 8 300.0%
87th Guatemala 7 75.0%
88th Zambia 7 133.3%
89th Botswana 5 400.0%
90th Macao SAR, China 5 25.0%
91st Cyprus 4 0.0%
92nd Monaco 4 -33.3%
93rd Madagascar 4 33.3%
94th Mauritius 4 300.0%
95th Nicaragua 4 100.0%
96th Nepal 4 -50.0%
97th Bahrain 3 200.0%
98th Bahamas, The 3 50.0%
99th Bhutan 3 –
100th Qatar 3 –
101st Tajikistan 3 -25.0%
102nd Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 -95.3%
103rd Haiti 2 100.0%
104th Trinidad and Tobago 2 100.0%
Source: World Bank (IP.PAT.RESD)
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