Infrastructure · Burundi
Yearly data from 1980 to 2023, from the World Bank.
Burundi's patent applications, nonresidents was 1 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 50% from 2 in 2018 (12.94% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 2 | 2018 |
| Highest | 15 | 2019 |
| Lowest | 1 | 1989 |
| Average since 2017 | 5.43 | 2017–2023 |
| First recorded | 10 | 1980 |
Over five years it is down 50% from 2 in 2018 (12.94% a year on average, compounded). Since 1980 it is down 90% from 10 in 1980 (5.21% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 24 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
In 2023, Burundi's patent applications, nonresidents did not change 0% on 2022 (from 1 to 1).
Across the 14 yearly changes before that (1981 to 2022), the average change was +87.4% and a typical year strayed about 220% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 650% in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 80% in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
See how every economy compares in the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 1 | 2023 |
| World | 1.02 million | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 9,805 | 2024 |
| Low income | 1,155 | 2024 |
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.
| Year | Patent applications, nonresidents |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2019 | 15 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | no data |
| 2007 | no data |
| 2006 | no data |
| 2005 | no data |
| 2004 | no data |
| 2003 | no data |
| 2002 | no data |
| 2001 | no data |
| 2000 | no data |
| 1999 | no data |
| 1998 | no data |
| 1997 | no data |
| 1996 | 4 |
| 1995 | 1 |
| 1994 | 4 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1991 | no data |
| 1990 | 3 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1988 | no data |
| 1987 | no data |
| 1986 | 2 |
| 1985 | no data |
| 1984 | 7 |
| 1983 | 2 |
| 1982 | 2 |
| 1981 | 5 |
| 1980 | 10 |
Every indicator for Burundi is on the Burundi data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IP.PAT.NRES, 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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