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South Africa Patent Applications 1990s

Name: South Africa Patent Applications 1990s
Creator: World Bank
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Number of patent applications filed by residents at the national patent office. A proxy for domestic innovation and R&D output. · World Bank

718 decade average (1990–1999)

South Africa's patent applications during the 1990s ranged from 138 (1999) to 1,093 (1990), averaging 718 over 10 years of data.

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1990s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1990	1,093	−4,041	22nd
1991	1,023	−70	23rd
1992	888	−135	27th
1993	904	+16	30th
1994	935	+31	30th
1995	883	−52	29th
1996	757	−126	32nd
1997	355	−402	35th
1998	200	−155	47th
1999	138	−62	51st