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Patent applications per million people Ranking Map for 149 countries and territories
Limited coverage: Countries and territories with both resident patent applications and population data in WIPO or World Bank sources. 149 countries and territories included; reference period: latest available year by country.
In the available data, South Korea has the highest recorded value at 3,603.5 per million people (rank #1); Japan ranks #2 at 1,803.2 per million people. Coverage: 149 countries and territories. Reference years: South Korea 2021; Japan 2021. This counts resident patent applications per million people and does not measure patent quality.
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01 / RANKING MAP
Compare patent applications per million people within the covered dataset.
Countries and territories with both resident patent applications and population data in WIPO or World Bank sources.
Japan, world rank 2 for Patent applications per million people, 1,803.2 per million people
02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Patent applications per million people ranking map
Countries and territories with both resident patent applications and population data in WIPO or World Bank sources. This page orders 149 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
- Top 3
- #1 South Korea (3,603.5 per million people), #2 Japan (1,803.2 per million people), #3 China (1,014.3 per million people)
- Japan’s position
- World #2 (1,803.2 per million people)
- Data period
- latest available year by country
Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
03 / FULL RANKING
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Patent applications per million peopleFull ranking149 countries
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