Patent applications - Patent applications among nonresidents - Ranking

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Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office.

Patent applications among nonresidents (number)

	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Algeria	229	127	465	730	803	781	722	719	716	566	594	521	525	547	581
Djibouti							2	4						5	10
Egypt, Arab Rep.	511	1,081	1,008	1,625	1,591	1,528	1,416	1,384	1,337	1,258	1,254	1,258	1,156	1,229	1,343
Libya	47
Morocco	268		520	882	880	843	828	742	797	1,066	2,026	2,350	2,531	2,438	2,549
Tunisia	134	210	282	508	543	476	437	400	409	348	383	271
Angola												114	108
Botswana					8	9	1	5	5	6	4	3		2
Burundi	3										10	2	15	5
Cabo Verde										1		1	1	4	1
Cote d'Ivoire						1
Congo, Dem. Rep.												107	90	110
Ethiopia		9	4		34	14	24	22	32	26	39	49		54
Ghana	20									17	11	39		8
Kenya			59	120	122	136	114	75	56	59	43	42	41	35	37
Madagascar		48	35	34	58	40	47	29	16	30	42	37	30	21	22
Malawi	33	17								1
Mauritius	3				19	14	18	18	20	36	18	13	23	19	14
Mozambique		8	14	25	15	26	30	46	30	25	26	13	24	14	16
Namibia	158								11	14	15	15	12
Nigeria	246				747	676	869			150	180	509	683	598
Rwanda	4					30		7	1	3	2	1			2
Sao Tome and Principe				1	2		8	3						14	14
Seychelles										14	46	17	12	9	28
Sierra Leone												100	5	4
South Africa	4,943	2,400	6,001	5,562	6,589	6,836	6,657	6,750	6,608	6,506	6,816	6,258	6,347	6,146	9,156
Sudan		16	16	2	3			8	1	1	12	31	7	7
Eswatini					6	3		2	2
Tanzania			3	1	2		3	4	1
Gambia, The									2	2	4		16	66	91
Uganda	13						4	3			6	1	1	6	4
Zambia	50		22	12	21	31	26	25	12	18	10	13	21	10	13
Zimbabwe	159								19	5