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Countries With the Fastest Growth 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 rose are listed. Source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Algeria rose the most: by 859.3%, from 113 applications to 1,084 applications in the five years to 2024. Zambia is second (+800%), followed by Bhutan (+500%). 46 countries rose over that period; the median change among them was +34.6%.

#1
Algeria · +859.3%
Median
+34.6%
Coverage
46 countries
Data year
2024
Last updated
2026-11-14
Top 10: 5-year change (%)Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Algeria 859.3; 2. Zambia 800; 3. Bhutan 500; 4. El Salvador 500; 5. United Arab Emirates 405.5; 6. Paraguay 275; 7. Oman 226.7; 8. India 225; 9. Trinidad and Tobago 200; 10. Saudi Arabia 161.6.Algeria859.3Zambia800Bhutan500El Salvador500United Arab Emirates405.5Paraguay275Oman226.7India225Trinidad and Tobago200Saudi Arabia161.6
Top 10: 5-year change (%). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Algeria 859.3; 2. Zambia 800; 3. Bhutan 500; 4. El Salvador 500; 5. United Arab Emirates 405.5; 6. Paraguay 275; 7. Oman 226.7; 8. India 225; 9. Trinidad and Tobago 200; 10. Saudi Arabia 161.6.

Full ranking

Countries With the Fastest Growth in Patent applications (residents) (5-Year Change), 2024
RankCountryFromTo5-year change (%)
1Algeria1131,084+859.3%
2Zambia218+800%
3Bhutan16+500%
4El Salvador16+500%
5United Arab Emirates55278+405.5%
6Paraguay415+275%
7Oman3098+226.7%
8India19,45463,217+225%
9Trinidad and Tobago13+200%
10Saudi Arabia1,1883,108+161.6%
11Ecuador2953+82.8%
12Malta59+80%
13Mauritius47+75%
14Philippines501873+74.3%
15Morocco199343+72.4%
16Viet Nam7201,226+70.3%
17Uganda1422+57.1%
18Peru137214+56.2%
19Pakistan313480+53.4%
20Bahrain46+50%
21Hong Kong SAR, China346495+43.1%
22Uzbekistan374507+35.6%
23Kenya294396+34.7%
24China1,243,6001,672,000+34.4%
25Finland1,3211,770+34%
26Azerbaijan147194+32%
27Bangladesh6887+27.9%
28Türkiye7,87110,004+27.1%
29Ireland5868+17.2%
30Guatemala78+14.3%
31Korea, Rep.171,600195,790+14.1%
32Hungary427480+12.4%
33Georgia8594+10.6%
34Singapore1,7271,898+9.9%
35San Marino1112+9.09%
36Thailand865930+7.51%
37Mongolia8489+5.95%
38Israel1,3681,448+5.85%
39Portugal703743+5.69%
40Brazil5,4645,752+5.27%
41Greece356366+2.81%
42Sweden1,8021,851+2.72%
43Latvia8284+2.44%
44Luxembourg117119+1.71%
45Canada4,2384,304+1.56%
46Argentina442445+0.679%

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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 rose 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.