Trinidad and Tobago – Patent Applications 2020

Number of patent applications filed by residents at the national patent office. A proxy for domestic innovation and R&D output. · World Bank
1 +0 from 2019 G20 rank: 118th

Trinidad and Tobago's patent applications was 1 in 2020, increased +0 from 1 in 2019. This was the 118th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2020
Patent Applications by Country – 2020
RankCountryValueYoY
1st China 1.3M 8.1%
2nd United States 269,586 -5.4%
3rd Japan 227,348 -7.3%
4th Korea 180,477 5.2%
5th Germany 42,260 -9.4%
6th Russian Federation 23,759 1.8%
7th India 23,141 19.0%
8th France 12,771 -9.4%
9th United Kingdom 11,990 -0.6%
10th Iran, Islamic Republic of 11,396 -1.5%
11th Italy 10,061 9.0%
12th Türkiye 7,920 0.6%
13th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 6,937 -6.0%
14th Brazil 5,280 -3.4%
15th Canada 4,452 5.0%
16th Poland 4,010 3.2%
17th Australia 2,368 -10.2%
18th Netherlands 2,198 -1.3%
19th Austria 2,124 2.8%
20th Singapore 1,778 3.0%
21st Sweden 1,764 -2.1%
22nd Israel 1,642 20.0%
23rd Finland 1,588 20.2%
24th Spain 1,431 11.1%
25th Switzerland 1,384 1.1%
26th Ukraine 1,361 -35.1%
27th Indonesia 1,309 -57.7%
28th Saudi Arabia 1,294 8.9%
29th Denmark 1,261 -6.7%
30th Mexico 1,132 -13.3%
31st Viet Nam 1,021 41.8%
32nd Malaysia 989 -7.7%
33rd Egypt, Arab Republic of 978 -4.8%
34th Argentina 930 110.4%
35th Norway 880 -8.0%
36th Thailand 863 -0.2%
37th Belgium 862 -1.6%
38th Romania 817 -7.3%
39th Kazakhstan 803 1.8%
40th Portugal 695 -1.1%
41st Czechia 673 -12.0%
42nd Iraq 635 -13.8%
43rd South Africa 542 -4.4%
44th Philippines 476 -5.0%
45th Hungary 428 0.2%
46th Hong Kong SAR, China 423 22.3%
47th Nigeria 410 -6.6%
48th Greece 400 12.4%
49th Chile 372 -15.1%
50th Colombia 369 -12.6%
51st Uzbekistan 356 -4.8%
52nd Sri Lanka 353 -0.8%
53rd New Zealand 348 7.4%
54th Kenya 341 16.0%
55th Pakistan 338 8.0%
56th Belarus 317 6.4%
57th Morocco 250 25.6%
58th Bulgaria 239 28.5%
59th Slovenia 232 -9.0%
60th Slovak Republic 206 0.0%
61st Algeria 163 44.2%
62nd Sudan 153 -35.7%
63rd Serbia 138 -17.9%
64th Luxembourg 129 10.3%
65th Peru 125 -8.8%
66th Croatia 117 -40.0%
67th Lithuania 95 5.6%
68th Latvia 93 13.4%
69th Azerbaijan 90 -38.8%
70th Moldova 85 0.0%
71st Georgia 81 -4.7%
72nd Qatar 81 107.7%
73rd Syrian Arab Republic 76 -37.2%
74th Ireland 75 29.3%
75th Congo, Democratic Republic of 72 71.4%
76th Mongolia 66 -21.4%
77th Armenia 63 -43.8%
78th Kyrgyz Republic 63 -31.5%
79th Yemen, Republic of 60 0.0%
80th Bosnia and Herzegovina 50 11.1%
81st North Macedonia 47 11.9%
82nd Iceland 44 -6.4%
83rd Bangladesh 40 -41.2%
84th United Arab Emirates 39 -29.1%
85th Jordan 36 71.4%
86th Cuba 33 22.2%
87th Ecuador 33 13.8%
88th Barbados 29 2,800.0%
89th Mozambique 26 13.0%
90th Panama 22 -35.3%
91st Estonia 21 -32.3%
92nd Zambia 17 750.0%
93rd Paraguay 14 250.0%
94th Uganda 13 -7.1%
95th Costa Rica 12 -25.0%
96th Ghana 12 -7.7%
97th Oman 11 -63.3%
98th Dominican Republic 10 -56.5%
99th Jamaica 10 -28.6%
100th San Marino 9 -18.2%
101st Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8 -86.4%
102nd Bahrain 7 75.0%
103rd Guatemala 7 0.0%
104th Monaco 6 -40.0%
105th Madagascar 6 -33.3%
106th Malta 6 20.0%
107th Mauritius 6 50.0%
108th Brunei Darussalam 5 -37.5%
109th Montenegro 5 -68.8%
110th El Salvador 4 300.0%
111th Andorra 3 0.0%
112th Macao SAR, China 3 200.0%
113th Seychelles 3
114th Burundi 2 0.0%
115th Botswana 2 0.0%
116th Cyprus 2 -50.0%
117th Cabo Verde 1 -66.7%
118th Trinidad and Tobago 1 0.0%