Morocco: Patent applications, residents

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Morocco's patent applications, residents rose 10.6% on 2023 (from 310 to 343).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1984 to 2023), the average change was +16.9% and a typical year strayed about 43.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 154.8% in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 66% in 1983. 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 upward, about 12.57 a year. A straight line explains 59% 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, Morocco had the 53rd 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.

Closest to Morocco in the 2024 ranking

• Chile — 50th of 113: 390
• Greece — 51st of 113: 366
• South Africa — 52nd of 113: 350
• New Zealand — 54th of 113: 278
• United Arab Emirates — 55th of 113: 278
• Colombia — 56th of 113: 270

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 39 values

Patent applications, residents in nearby economies

• Algeria — 1,084 (2024)
• Bahrain — 6 (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 563 (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 8,314 (2024)
• Iraq — 556 (2024)
• Israel — 1,448 (2024)
• Jordan — 14 (2024)
• Malta — 9 (2024)
• Oman — 98 (2024)
• Pakistan — 480 (2024)
• Qatar — 21 (2024)
• Saudi Arabia

More infrastructure data for Morocco

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 3.04 million (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 7.98 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 81,776 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 92.64 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 9.35 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 58.29 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 153.06 (2024)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 2,556 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 69.84% (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Morocco's patent applications, residents?

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

How has it changed since 1980?

It is up 1,083% from 29 in 1980 (5.78% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 355 in 2014 and the lowest 16 in 1983.

How does Morocco rank?

53rd highest of 113 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in patent applications, residents unusual for Morocco?

In 2024, Morocco's patent applications, residents rose 10.6% on 2023 (from 310 to 343). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1984 to 2023), the average change was +16.9% and a typical year strayed about 43.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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.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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