Low income's patent applications, residents was 7,341 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3,589% from 199 in 2014 (43.45% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 7,341 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 7,984 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 199 | 2014 |
| Highest | 8,712 | 2017 |
| Lowest | 0 | 1986 |
| Average since 2015 | 5,612 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 14 | 1980 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Low income's patent applications, residents rose 66 on 2023 (from 7,275 to 7,341).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +238.07 and a typical year strayed about 3,559 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 8,204 in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 8,080 in 2013. 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 15% 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
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Low income | 7,341 | 2024 |
| World | 2.7 million | 2024 |
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 | 7,341 |
| 2023 | 7,275 |
| 2022 | 7,190 |
| 2021 | 401 |
| 2020 | 7,505 |
| 2019 | 7,984 |
| 2018 | 8,562 |
| 2017 | 8,712 |
| 2016 | 508 |
| 2015 | 645 |
| 2014 |
Patent applications, residents in nearby economies
More infrastructure data for Low income
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 1 (2025)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 220,720 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 22.26 million (2023)
- Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 1,359 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 1,282 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents — 1,155 (2024)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 4,095 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 7 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 445 million (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Low income's patent applications, residents?
- 7,341 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 52,336% from 14 in 1980 (15.29% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 8,712 in 2017 and the lowest 0 in 1986.
- Is the latest change in patent applications, residents unusual for Low income?
- In 2024, Low income's patent applications, residents rose 66 on 2023 (from 7,275 to 7,341). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +238.07 and a typical year strayed about 3,559 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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..
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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