Egypt, Arab Rep.'s patent applications, residents was 563 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 25.13% from 752 in 2014 (2.85% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 563 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 1,027 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 752 | 2014 |
| Highest | 1,027 | 2019 |
| Lowest | 53 | 1982 |
| Average since 2015 | 839.3 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 76 | 1980 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s patent applications, residents fell 19% on 2023 (from 695 to 563).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2023), the average change was +5.4% and a typical year strayed about 18.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below 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 66% in 1983 and the biggest yearly fall was 33.1% in 2022. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 33.62 a year. A straight line explains 31% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Egypt, Arab Rep. had the 41st 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 563 | 2024 |
| World | 2.7 million | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 66,000 | 2024 |
Closest to Egypt, Arab Rep. in the 2024 ranking
- Portugal — 38th of 113: 743
- Norway — 39th of 113: 732
- Belgium — 40th of 113: 647
- Iraq — 42nd of 113: 556
- Uzbekistan — 43rd of 113: 507
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 44th of 113: 495
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 43 values
| Year | Patent applications, residents |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 563 |
| 2023 | 695 |
| 2022 | 589 |
| 2021 | 881 |
| 2020 | 978 |
| 2019 | 1,027 |
| 2018 | 997 |
| 2017 | 1,025 |
| 2016 | 920 |
| 2015 | 718 |
| 2014 |
Patent applications, residents in nearby economies
More infrastructure data for Egypt, Arab Rep.
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 13.25 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 11.37 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 135,253 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 492.66 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 16.67 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 113.19 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 97.13 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents — 1,272 (2024)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 34.31% (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Egypt, Arab Rep.'s patent applications, residents?
- 563 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 640.79% from 76 in 1980 (4.66% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1,027 in 2019 and the lowest 53 in 1982.
- How does Egypt, Arab Rep. rank?
- 41st highest of 113 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in patent applications, residents unusual for Egypt, Arab Rep.?
- In 2024, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s patent applications, residents fell 19% on 2023 (from 695 to 563). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2023), the average change was +5.4% and a typical year strayed about 18.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below 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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