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Patent Applications – Ranking 2003
All countries ranked by patent applications · World Bank
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|
| 1st |
Japan |
358,184 |
-3.1% |
| 2nd |
United States |
188,941 |
+2.5% |
| 3rd |
Korea |
90,313 |
+17.9% |
| 4th |
China |
56,769 |
+42.6% |
| 5th |
Germany |
47,818 |
+0.5% |
| 6th |
Russian Federation |
24,969 |
+5.3% |
| 7th |
United Kingdom |
20,426 |
-1.0% |
| 8th |
France |
13,511 |
-0.1% |
| 9th |
Canada |
3,929 |
-0.8% |
| 10th |
Brazil |
3,866 |
+11.1% |
| 11th |
India |
3,425 |
+27.2% |
| 12th |
Sweden |
3,025 |
-9.9% |
| 13th |
Spain |
2,813 |
+1.8% |
| 14th |
Australia |
2,418 |
+2.3% |
| 15th |
Netherlands |
2,288 |
+7.8% |
| 16th |
Poland |
2,268 |
-1.9% |
| 17th |
Austria |
2,120 |
+9.7% |
| 18th |
Finland |
1,972 |
-8.8% |
| 19th |
New Zealand |
1,845 |
+0.3% |
| 20th |
Switzerland |
1,831 |
+0.2% |
| 21st |
Denmark |
1,772 |
-2.4% |
| 22nd |
Kazakhstan |
1,696 |
+6.4% |
| 23rd |
Ukraine |
1,635 |
+2.1% |
| 24th |
Israel |
1,329 |
+9.6% |
| 25th |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
1,287 |
+41.4% |
| 26th |
Belarus |
1,082 |
+20.9% |
| 27th |
Norway |
1,079 |
-8.4% |
| 28th |
Uzbekistan |
931 |
+30.2% |
| 29th |
South Africa |
922 |
-6.2% |
| 30th |
Romania |
881 |
-40.4% |
| 31st |
Thailand |
802 |
+30.4% |
| 32nd |
Argentina |
792 |
+10.3% |
| 33rd |
Hungary |
756 |
-10.2% |
| 34th |
Singapore |
626 |
+0.3% |
| 35th |
Czechia |
625 |
+18.8% |
| 36th |
Belgium |
519 |
-13.6% |
| 37th |
Egypt, Arab Republic of |
493 |
-21.4% |
| 38th |
Türkiye |
489 |
+18.1% |
| 39th |
Mexico |
468 |
-11.0% |
| 40th |
Greece |
393 |
+4.5% |
| 41st |
Croatia |
387 |
+18.0% |
| 42nd |
Malaysia |
376 |
+16.8% |
| 43rd |
Chile |
329 |
-15.9% |
| 44th |
Slovenia |
310 |
+3.3% |
| 45th |
Moldova |
293 |
+22.6% |
| 46th |
Bulgaria |
278 |
-3.8% |
| 47th |
Azerbaijan |
246 |
+5.1% |
| 48th |
Syrian Arab Republic |
213 |
+16.4% |
| 49th |
Slovak Republic |
210 |
-18.9% |
| 50th |
Indonesia |
201 |
-14.1% |
| 51st |
Georgia |
195 |
+0.5% |
| 52nd |
Kyrgyz Republic |
179 |
+45.5% |
| 53rd |
Mongolia |
167 |
+38.0% |
| 54th |
Armenia |
151 |
-24.5% |
| 55th |
Philippines |
141 |
-5.4% |
| 56th |
Portugal |
125 |
-3.8% |
| 57th |
Hong Kong SAR, China |
107 |
-4.5% |
| 58th |
Sri Lanka |
95 |
-22.8% |
| 59th |
Latvia |
91 |
-39.3% |
| 60th |
Colombia |
82 |
+51.9% |
| 61st |
Viet Nam |
78 |
+13.0% |
| 62nd |
Lithuania |
64 |
-24.7% |
| 63rd |
Bangladesh |
58 |
+34.9% |
| 64th |
Iceland |
57 |
-19.7% |
| 65th |
Pakistan |
57 |
+3.6% |
| 66th |
Saudi Arabia |
56 |
-8.2% |
| 67th |
North Macedonia |
48 |
+14.3% |
| 68th |
Uruguay |
45 |
+50.0% |
| 69th |
Tunisia |
35 |
-22.2% |
| 70th |
Costa Rica |
33 |
+43.5% |
| 71st |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
32 |
-38.5% |
| 72nd |
Peru |
32 |
+10.3% |
| 73rd |
Algeria |
30 |
-30.2% |
| 74th |
Tajikistan |
30 |
-23.1% |
| 75th |
Jordan |
25 |
+19.0% |
| 76th |
Kenya |
22 |
-4.3% |
| 77th |
Dominican Republic |
18 |
+63.6% |
| 78th |
Estonia |
18 |
-5.3% |
| 79th |
Luxembourg |
16 |
-61.0% |
| 80th |
Yemen, Republic of |
16 |
+77.8% |
| 81st |
Cyprus |
12 |
+500.0% |
| 82nd |
Paraguay |
12 |
+9.1% |
| 83rd |
Jamaica |
9 |
-40.0% |
| 84th |
Ecuador |
7 |
-46.2% |
| 85th |
Guatemala |
6 |
-25.0% |
| 86th |
Sudan |
6 |
+200.0% |
| 87th |
Monaco |
5 |
-37.5% |
| 88th |
Uganda |
5 |
– |
| 89th |
Madagascar |
3 |
-25.0% |
| 90th |
Zambia |
3 |
+0.0% |
| 91st |
Barbados |
2 |
-33.3% |
| 92nd |
Burkina Faso |
1 |
-50.0% |