Patents can be used by organizations to produce technology, and they are also useful for competitive purposes. The below list shows the countries where the granted patents per capita were the highest in 2022. The ratio can be used as a measure for technology and science.
Granted patents per capita 2022
- Republic of Korea (0.00192)
- Japan (0.00124)
- China (0.000493)
- United States (0.000426)
- San Marino (0.000267)
- Luxembourg (0.000196)
- Germany (0.000166)
- France (0.000158)
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (0.000149)
- Finland (0.000113)
- Italy (0.000112)
- Austria (0.000112)
- Russian Federation (0.000106)
- Israel (0.000105)
- Netherlands (0.0000984)
- Norway (0.0000843)
- Slovenia (0.0000819)
- United Kingdom (0.0000722)
- Belgium (0.0000644)
- Sweden (0.0000612)
Data Sources
World Bank (Total population 2022)
WIPO IP Statistics Data Center (total resident patent grants direct and PCT entries 2022)