Cambodia: Patent applications, nonresidents

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Cambodia's patent applications, nonresidents rose 11.1% on 2023 (from 135 to 150).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2023), the average change was +37% and a typical year strayed about 76.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 200% in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.6% in 2017. 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 14% of the movement over 9 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, Cambodia had the 66th highest value of the 118 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.

Closest to Cambodia in the 2024 ranking

• Sri Lanka — 63rd of 118: 181
• Honduras — 64th of 118: 177
• Austria — 65th of 118: 159
• El Salvador — 67th of 118: 138
• Brunei Darussalam — 68th of 118: 137
• Spain — 69th of 118: 134

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 17 values

Patent applications, nonresidents in nearby economies

• Australia — 27,945 (2024)
• Brunei Darussalam — 137 (2024)
• China — 156,053 (2024)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 15,445 (2024)
• Indonesia — 8,971 (2024)
• Japan — 69,686 (2024)
• Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 6 (2020)
• Korea, Rep. — 50,459 (2024)
• Lao PDR — 48 (2024)
• Macao SAR, China — 49 (2024)
• Malaysia

More infrastructure data for Cambodia

• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 20.48 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 116.09 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 29,080 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.16 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 14% (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$253.44 million (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 4.74% (2025)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 9,161 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 675,283 (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Cambodia's patent applications, nonresidents?

150 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2007?

It is up 1,054% from 13 in 2007 (15.47% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 310 in 2019 and the lowest 13 in 2007.

How does Cambodia rank?

66th highest of 118 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in patent applications, nonresidents unusual for Cambodia?

In 2024, Cambodia's patent applications, nonresidents rose 11.1% on 2023 (from 135 to 150). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2023), the average change was +37% and a typical year strayed about 76.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

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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