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Countries With the Fastest Decline in Patent applications (residents) (5-Year Change)

Change in Patent applications (residents) over the five years to each country's latest year, as a percentage of the earlier value. Only countries that fell are listed. Source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Armenia fell the most: by 88.4%, from 112 applications to 13 applications in the five years to 2024. Brunei Darussalam is second (−87.5%), followed by Namibia (−87.5%). 64 countries fell over that period; the median change among them was −25.6%.

#1
Armenia · −88.4%
Median
−25.6%
Coverage
64 countries
Data year
2024
Last updated
2026-11-14
Top 10: 5-year change (%)Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Armenia -88.4; 2. Brunei Darussalam -87.5; 3. Namibia -87.5; 4. Bolivia -83.1; 5. Monaco -80; 6. Jamaica -78.6; 7. Croatia -68.2; 8. Panama -67.6; 9. Andorra -66.7; 10. Burundi -66.7.Armenia-88.4Brunei Darussalam-87.5Namibia-87.5Bolivia-83.1Monaco-80Jamaica-78.6Croatia-68.2Panama-67.6Andorra-66.7Burundi-66.7
Top 10: 5-year change (%). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Armenia -88.4; 2. Brunei Darussalam -87.5; 3. Namibia -87.5; 4. Bolivia -83.1; 5. Monaco -80; 6. Jamaica -78.6; 7. Croatia -68.2; 8. Panama -67.6; 9. Andorra -66.7; 10. Burundi -66.7.

Full ranking

Countries With the Fastest Decline in Patent applications (residents) (5-Year Change), 2024
RankCountryFromTo5-year change (%)
1Armenia11213−88.4%
2Brunei Darussalam81−87.5%
3Namibia81−87.5%
4Bolivia5910−83.1%
5Monaco102−80%
6Jamaica143−78.6%
7Croatia19562−68.2%
8Panama3411−67.6%
9Andorra31−66.7%
10Burundi31−66.7%
11Moldova8535−58.8%
12Mozambique2310−56.5%
13Cuba2712−55.6%
14Ghana136−53.8%
15Ukraine2,097969−53.8%
16Dominican Republic2311−52.2%
17Qatar3921−46.2%
18Egypt, Arab Rep.1,027563−45.2%
19Sudan267153−42.7%
20Uruguay2213−40.9%
21Albania159−40%
22Czechia765463−39.5%
23South Africa567350−38.3%
24Indonesia3,0931,931−37.6%
25Colombia422270−36%
26Lithuania9058−35.6%
27Jordan2114−33.3%
28Sri Lanka356253−28.9%
29Iran, Islamic Rep.11,5698,314−28.1%
30Kyrgyz Republic9267−27.2%
31Denmark1,351987−26.9%
32Belgium876647−26.1%
33Cyprus43−25%
34Iraq737556−24.6%
35Bosnia and Herzegovina4534−24.4%
36Norway957732−23.5%
37Malaysia1,071841−21.5%
38Netherlands2,2281,781−20.1%
39Iceland4738−19.1%
40Slovak Republic206167−18.9%
41Austria2,0661,676−18.9%
42Serbia168139−17.3%
43Romania881747−15.2%
44New Zealand324278−14.2%
45Belarus298256−14.1%
46Syrian Arab Republic121104−14%
47Germany46,63240,085−14%
48Poland3,8873,363−13.5%
49Switzerland1,3691,191−13%
50Estonia3127−12.9%
51Chile438390−11%
52United States302,990270,300−10.8%
53Mexico1,3051,172−10.2%
54Spain1,2881,160−9.94%
55France14,10312,751−9.59%
56United Kingdom12,06111,105−7.93%
57Russian Federation23,33721,502−7.86%
58Costa Rica1615−6.25%
59Montenegro1615−6.25%
60Korea, Dem. People's Rep.7,3776,936−5.98%
61Bulgaria186179−3.76%
62Australia2,6372,542−3.6%
63Japan245,370237,170−3.34%
64Italy9,2299,120−1.18%

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Source and method

Change in Patent applications (residents) over the five years to each country's latest year, as a percentage of the earlier value. Only countries that fell are listed.

Source: The World Bank, indicator IP.PAT.RESD. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

The World Bank: Patent applications, residents: WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data. (via World Development Indicators)

Original data provider, as recorded by the World Bank: WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data..

Values are shown as published (changes are computed from the published values). Provider terms: The World Bank. All licences: Sources & licences.