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 |
| 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 | | | |