Patent applications - Patent applications among residents - 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 residents (number)

	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Algeria	6	32	59	76	94	119	118	94	89	106	149	152	113	163	268
Djibouti							1								3
Egypt, Arab Rep.	278	534	428	605	618	683	641	752	718	920	1,025	997	1,027	978	881
Libya	10
Morocco	61	104	140	152	169	197	316	355	224	237	198	187	199	250	254
Tunisia	27	47	56	113	137	150	112	142	180	235	172	180
Angola												6	2
Botswana					1	5	8	4	3	1	3		2	2	3
Burkina Faso		2	1	2
Burundi											3	2		2
Cabo Verde										2	2	3		1	1
Cote d'Ivoire						26
Congo, Dem. Rep.												44	42	72
Ethiopia		3	1		4		1	2	18	10	14	13		6
Ghana										14	15	13		12
Kenya			34	77	135	123	127	132	137	144	135	244	294	341	160
Lesotho												4	1
Madagascar		7	7	9	3	4	4	5	3	6	9	9		6	6
Malawi		3							6	3
Mauritius	1				1	4	2	3	1	2	1	16	4	6	6
Mozambique				15	8	14	13	14	24	15	24	34	23	26	30
Namibia	5								13	18	10	21	8
Nigeria	12				64	42	50			85	100	382	439	410
Rwanda						40		5	5	3	4	6			14
Seychelles														3
South Africa	1,093	895	1,003	821	656	608	638	802	889	704	728	657	567	542	1,804
Sudan		6	6	252	249		269		267	284	281	349	238	153
Tanzania									1
Uganda			3				10	5	9	16	25	6	14	13	14
Zambia	7		5	5	3	7	13	14	20	15	12	11	2	17	13
Zimbabwe	44								9	8