Dataset
Annual patent applications per million people
owid.patent-applications-per-million
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Cite as: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), via World Bank (2026); United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. “Patent applications per million people” [dataset]. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), via World Bank, “World Development Indicators 129”; United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank, “World Development Indicators 129” [original data].
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 1980–2021
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- annual
- Last modified
- 2026-07-27
- Units
- applications per million people
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/patent-applications-per-million
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| patents_per_million_people | number | Patent applications per million people (applications per million people) |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |