Brazil's patent applications, residents was 5,752 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 23.46% from 4,659 in 2014 (2.13% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5,752 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 5,464 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 4,659 | 2014 |
| Highest | 5,752 | 2024 |
| Lowest | 1,855 | 1986 |
| Average since 2015 | 5,083 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 2,149 | 1980 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Brazil's patent applications, residents rose 15.7% on 2023 (from 4,973 to 5,752).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.7% and a typical year strayed about 7.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 32.1% in 1987 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.6% in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Brazil had the 14th highest value of the 113 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5,752 | 2024 |
| World | 2.7 million | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 8,458 | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 1.71 million | 2024 |
Closest to Brazil in the 2024 ranking
- Italy — 11th of 113: 9,120
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 12th of 113: 8,314
- Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 13th of 113: 6,936
- Canada — 15th of 113: 4,304
- Poland — 16th of 113: 3,363
- Saudi Arabia — 17th of 113: 3,108
What this measures
Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.
Limitations: Data are based on information supplied to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) by IP offices in annual surveys, supplemented by data in national IP office reports. Data may be missing for some offices or periods.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 45 values
| Year | Patent applications, residents |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,752 |
| 2023 | 4,973 |
| 2022 | 4,398 |
| 2021 | 4,666 |
| 2020 | 5,280 |
| 2019 | 5,464 |
| 2018 | 4,980 |
| 2017 | 5,480 |
| 2016 | 5,200 |
| 2015 | 4,641 |
| 2014 |
Patent applications, residents in nearby economies
- Argentina — 445 (2024)
- Bahamas, The — 4 (2017)
- Bolivia — 10 (2022)
- Chile — 390 (2024)
- Colombia — 270 (2024)
- Costa Rica — 15 (2024)
- Cuba — 12 (2024)
- Dominican Republic — 11 (2024)
- Ecuador — 53 (2024)
- El Salvador — 6 (2024)
- Guatemala — 8 (2024)
More infrastructure data for Brazil
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 22.55 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 10.63 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 791,523 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 1,387 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 95.4 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 216.08 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 101.93 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 3,880 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 5,892 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents
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Questions people ask
- What is Brazil's patent applications, residents?
- 5,752 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 167.66% from 2,149 in 1980 (2.26% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 5,752 in 2024 and the lowest 1,855 in 1986.
- How does Brazil rank?
- 14th highest of 113 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in patent applications, residents unusual for Brazil?
- In 2024, Brazil's patent applications, residents rose 15.7% on 2023 (from 4,973 to 5,752). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.7% and a typical year strayed about 7.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IP.PAT.RESD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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