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France – Patent Applications 2021

Number of patent applications filed by residents at the national patent office. A proxy for domestic innovation and R&D output. · World Bank
13,386 +615 from 2020 G20 rank: 8th

France's patent applications was 13,386 in 2021, increased +615 from 12,771 in 2020. This was the 8th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2021▾
Patent Applications by Country – 2021
RankCountryValueYoY
1st China 1.4M 6.1%
2nd United States 262,244 -2.7%
3rd Japan 222,452 -2.2%
4th Korea 186,245 3.2%
5th Germany 39,822 -5.8%
6th India 26,267 13.5%
7th Russian Federation 19,569 -17.6%
8th France 13,386 4.8%
9th United Kingdom 11,592 -3.3%
10th Italy 10,281 2.2%
11th Iran, Islamic Republic of 10,210 -10.4%
12th Türkiye 8,234 4.0%
13th Canada 4,710 5.8%
14th Brazil 4,666 -11.6%
15th Poland 3,377 -15.8%
16th Australia 2,966 25.3%
17th Netherlands 2,080 -5.4%
18th Singapore 2,024 13.8%
19th Austria 1,872 -11.9%
20th South Africa 1,804 232.8%
21st Sweden 1,771 0.4%
22nd Israel 1,592 -3.0%
23rd Finland 1,557 -2.0%
24th Saudi Arabia 1,398 8.0%
25th Indonesia 1,397 6.7%
26th Spain 1,308 -8.6%
27th Ukraine 1,302 -4.3%
28th Switzerland 1,288 -6.9%
29th Mexico 1,117 -1.3%
30th Denmark 1,090 -13.6%
31st Viet Nam 1,066 4.4%
32nd Norway 946 7.5%
33rd Malaysia 883 -10.7%
34th Egypt, Arab Republic of 881 -9.9%
35th Thailand 867 0.5%
36th Belgium 799 -7.3%
37th Romania 772 -5.5%
38th Portugal 711 2.3%
39th Czechia 541 -19.6%
40th Philippines 490 2.9%
41st Hungary 433 1.2%
42nd Colombia 432 17.1%
43rd Pakistan 426 26.0%
44th Uzbekistan 413 16.0%
45th Argentina 406 -56.3%
46th Chile 402 8.1%
47th Hong Kong SAR, China 401 -5.2%
48th Greece 394 -1.5%
49th New Zealand 330 -5.2%
50th Belarus 276 -12.9%
51st Algeria 268 64.4%
52nd Sri Lanka 266 -24.6%
53rd Morocco 254 1.6%
54th Slovenia 222 -4.3%
55th Bulgaria 165 -31.0%
56th Kenya 160 -53.1%
57th Slovak Republic 146 -29.1%
58th Serbia 138 0.0%
59th Azerbaijan 119 32.2%
60th Luxembourg 112 -13.2%
61st Mongolia 109 65.2%
62nd Latvia 104 11.8%
63rd Syrian Arab Republic 102 34.2%
64th Peru 94 -24.8%
65th Georgia 90 11.1%
66th Kyrgyz Republic 83 31.7%
67th Lithuania 81 -14.7%
68th Croatia 77 -34.2%
69th Ireland 75 0.0%
70th Bangladesh 74 85.0%
71st Barbados 73 151.7%
72nd United Arab Emirates 69 76.9%
73rd Moldova 64 -24.7%
74th Bosnia and Herzegovina 53 6.0%
75th Qatar 47 -42.0%
76th North Macedonia 42 -10.6%
77th Armenia 40 -36.5%
78th Guyana 40 1,900.0%
79th Ecuador 35 6.1%
80th Panama 35 59.1%
81st Iceland 34 -22.7%
82nd Mozambique 30 15.4%
83rd Oman 30 172.7%
84th Estonia 25 19.0%
85th Jordan 25 -30.6%
86th Albania 23 475.0%
87th Cuba 21 -36.4%
88th Yemen, Republic of 20 -66.7%
89th Jamaica 16 60.0%
90th Costa Rica 15 25.0%
91st Rwanda 14 133.3%
92nd Uganda 14 7.7%
93rd Zambia 13 -23.5%
94th Paraguay 10 -28.6%
95th Guatemala 9 28.6%
96th Dominican Republic 7 -30.0%
97th San Marino 7 -22.2%
98th Madagascar 6 0.0%
99th Mauritius 6 0.0%
100th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5 -37.5%
101st Monaco 5 -16.7%
102nd Malta 5 -16.7%
103rd Andorra 3 0.0%
104th Bahrain 3 -57.1%
105th Botswana 3 50.0%
106th Djibouti 3 200.0%
107th Brunei Darussalam 2 -60.0%
108th Macao SAR, China 2 -33.3%
109th El Salvador 2 -50.0%
110th Trinidad and Tobago 2 100.0%
111th Cabo Verde 1 0.0%
112th Cyprus 1 -50.0%
113th Samoa 1 -50.0%
Source: World Bank (IP.PAT.RESD)
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