Top 20 countries by patent applications a year
Patents filed by the country's own residents
Actualizado · patent applications (a year)
Por qué estos 20
World Bank indicator IP.PAT.RESD (from WIPO): patent applications filed in a year by residents of the country, through the national office or the PCT route. It counts filings, not granted patents, and leaves out applications by foreigners.
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República Popular China
中华人民共和国
1,672,001 year 2024
También en: #2 countries by air passengers carried a year#1 countries by CO2 emissions a year#1 countries by labour force#2 countries by population
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India
भारत
63,217 year 2024
También en: #4 countries by air passengers carried a year#3 countries by CO2 emissions a year#2 countries by labour force#1 countries by population
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Rusia
Russian Federation
21,502 year 2024
También en: #8 countries by air passengers carried a year#4 countries by CO2 emissions a year#8 countries by doctors per 1,000 people#10 countries by hospital beds per 1,000 people
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Reino Unido
United Kingdom
11,105 year 2024
También en: #7 countries by air passengers carried a year#20 countries by CO2 emissions a year#9 countries by engineering graduates per year#20 countries by labour force
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Irán
Iran, Islamic Rep.
8,314 year 2024
También en: #6 countries by CO2 emissions a year#17 countries by population#15 countries by number of primary school teachers#14 countries by scientific articles a year
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Corea del Norte
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
6,936 year 2024
También en: #3 countries by hospital beds per 1,000 people
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Singapur
Singapore
1,898 year 2024
También en: #1 countries by income per person (GDP per person, PPP)#13 countries by life expectancy
Cómo se mide
World Bank API, most recent value per country (year shown on each row); regional and income-group aggregates are left out.
Referencias
- World Bank: patent applications, residents, World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Checked 2026-10-20 05:12 UTC.
- World Bank indicator IP.PAT.RESD, World Bank, last updated 2026-10-08.



