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Spain – Patent Applications 2001

Number of patent applications filed by residents at the national patent office. A proxy for domestic innovation and R&D output. · World Bank
2,528 −182 from 2000 G20 rank: 13th

Spain's patent applications was 2,528 in 2001, decreased +182 from 2,710 in 2000. This was the 13th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2001
Patent Applications by Country – 2001
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Japan 386,767 -0.2%
2nd United States 177,513 7.7%
3rd Korea 73,714 1.2%
4th Germany 49,989 -3.4%
5th China 30,038 18.5%
6th Russian Federation 24,777 6.0%
7th United Kingdom 21,423 -2.8%
8th France 13,499 -2.7%
9th Ukraine 7,208 28.3%
10th Canada 3,963 -5.3%
11th Sweden 3,926 -7.1%
12th Brazil 3,439 8.2%
13th Spain 2,528 -6.7%
14th Finland 2,390 -7.3%
15th India 2,379 7.8%
16th Poland 2,202 -8.4%
17th Australia 2,187 13.4%
18th Netherlands 2,110 -14.4%
19th Switzerland 1,859 -10.8%
20th Austria 1,815 -7.4%
21st New Zealand 1,768 20.8%
22nd Denmark 1,757 1.6%
23rd Kazakhstan 1,607 14.9%
24th Israel 1,248 -22.0%
25th Norway 1,189 -9.3%
26th Romania 1,128 12.5%
27th South Africa 966 7.9%
28th Belarus 930 -6.4%
29th Hungary 919 13.5%
30th Uzbekistan 803 6.4%
31st Argentina 691 -34.9%
32nd Iran, Islamic Republic of 691 68.5%
33rd Belgium 571 -1.0%
34th Czechia 568 2.3%
35th Mexico 534 23.9%
36th Thailand 534 -4.8%
37th Singapore 524 1.6%
38th Egypt, Arab Republic of 464 -13.1%
39th Moldova 437 82.1%
40th Greece 385 25.8%
41st Croatia 362 7.4%
42nd Türkiye 337 21.7%
43rd Slovenia 301 -2.0%
44th Bulgaria 283 22.5%
45th Malaysia 271 31.6%
46th Georgia 254 9.5%
47th Chile 246 2.1%
48th Slovak Republic 246 4.2%
49th Indonesia 212 35.0%
50th Azerbaijan 203 23.0%
51st Syrian Arab Republic 189 -23.5%
52nd Armenia 140 17.6%
53rd Philippines 135 -12.3%
54th Sri Lanka 120 69.0%
55th Latvia 117 19.4%
56th Portugal 107 32.1%
57th Mongolia 106 -28.4%
58th Kyrgyz Republic 84 5.0%
59th Tajikistan 83 84.4%
60th Hong Kong SAR, China 74 45.1%
61st Lithuania 68 3.0%
62nd North Macedonia 66 -7.0%
63rd Colombia 65 -13.3%
64th Bangladesh 59 -15.7%
65th Pakistan 58 26.1%
66th Bosnia and Herzegovina 52 67.7%
67th Jordan 52 -26.8%
68th Uruguay 52 18.2%
69th Viet Nam 52 52.9%
70th Algeria 51 59.4%
71st Luxembourg 51 -40.0%
72nd Iceland 49 -3.9%
73rd Saudi Arabia 46 -39.5%
74th Peru 36 -10.0%
75th Guatemala 30 -44.4%
76th Malta 26 13.0%
77th Tunisia 22 -53.2%
78th Costa Rica 21 -25.0%
79th Estonia 18 38.5%
80th Paraguay 12 9.1%
81st Dominican Republic 11 120.0%
82nd Ecuador 7 -30.0%
83rd Honduras 7 75.0%
84th Monaco 6 0.0%
85th Yemen, Republic of 6 -14.3%
86th Zambia 6 20.0%
87th Jamaica 4 -63.6%
88th Sudan 1 -83.3%