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Uruguay – Patent Applications

Name: Uruguay Patent Applications
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Number of patent applications filed by residents at the national patent office. A proxy for domestic innovation and R&D output. · World Bank

23 −3 from 2015 G20 rank: 88th · all-time high: 71 (1981)

APA

Uruguay Patent Applications. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/uruguay/patents

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_uruguay_patents,
  title = {Uruguay Patent Applications},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/uruguay/patents},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2018	no data yet
2019	no data yet
2020	no data yet
2021	no data yet
2022	no data yet
2023	no data yet
2024	no data yet
2025	no data yet
2026	soon
2027	projection soon
2017	23	−3	88th
2015	26	−11	78th
2014	37	+15	76th
2012	22	+2	79th
2011	20	−3	85th
2010	23	−7	82nd
2009	30	−3	77th
2008	33	−2	76th
2007	35	+4	76th
2006	31	+7	76th
2005	24	−13	80th
2004	37	−8	73rd
2003	45	+15	68th
2002	30	−22	72nd
2001	52	+8	68th
2000	44	+17	72nd
1999	27	+0	75th
1998	27	−5	73rd
1997	32	+7	69th
1996	25	−10	77th
1995	35	+17	69th
1994	18	−11	80th
1993	29	−10	72nd
1992	39	+5	54th
1991	34	+11	49th
1989	23	−5	50th
1988	28	−6	45th
1987	34	−5	46th
1986	39	−24	41st
1985	63	+20	41st
1984	43	+3	44th
1983	40	−9	41st
1982	49	−22	40th
1981	71	+1	37th
1980	70	–	41st

Show all years (1980–2017)

Detected Pattern▾

Stagflation Risk

GDP growth below 2% combined with inflation above 8% and rising unemployment. The worst macro combination for policymakers.

Inflation 9.8% GDP growth -7.4% Unemployment 10.4%

This pattern occurred 204 times in G20 history, 77 successful

Haiti 2024

Inflation

26.9%

GDP growth

-4.2%

Unemployment

14.6%

São Tomé and Principe 2024

Inflation

14.4%

GDP growth

1.1%

Unemployment

9.1%

Angola 2023

Inflation

13.6%

GDP growth

1.3%

Unemployment

14.1%

Colombia 2023

Inflation

11.7%

GDP growth

0.7%

Unemployment

9.6%

Haiti 2023

Inflation

36.8%

GDP growth

-1.9%

Unemployment

14.5%

Lebanon 2023

Inflation

221.3%

GDP growth

-0.8%

Unemployment

11.0%

HistorySaid

Uruguay's patent applications peaked at 71 in 1981. The 2017 reading of 23 is -67.6% below that level.