Metric briefing
Foreign Patents by Country
135 countries • applications • World Bank Open Data
- Top country
- United States
- Lowest country
- Estonia
- Source
- World Bank Open Data
What It Measures
Patent Applications (Non Residents) from World Bank Open Data, using the latest available country values in TerraBrawl.
At a Glance
World average
6.7K
Middle country
137
Low end
1.00
High end
329.2K
Countries
135
Data source
World Map
Highest & Lowest Foreign Patents
Highest Foreign Patents
Worth a Double Take
Biggest ranking jump: #1 United States is 170.2K applications higher than #2 China (329.2K applications vs 159.0K applications).
Another sharp ranking jump: #2 China is 92.3K applications higher than #3 Japan (159.0K applications vs 66.7K applications).
Another sharp ranking jump: #4 South Korea is 16.4K applications higher than #5 India (51.8K applications vs 35.3K applications).