Pakistan's patent applications, nonresidents was 499 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 35.7% from 776 in 2014 (4.32% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 499 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 561 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 776 | 2014 |
| Highest | 1,647 | 2006 |
| Lowest | 369 | 1980 |
| Average since 2015 | 563.4 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 369 | 1980 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Pakistan's patent applications, nonresidents fell 1% on 2023 (from 504 to 499).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2023), the average change was +2.1% and a typical year strayed about 14.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 44.3% in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.6% 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 14.68 a year. A straight line explains 58% 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, Pakistan had the 41st 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 499 | 2024 |
| World | 1.02 million | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 47,688 | 2024 |
Closest to Pakistan in the 2024 ranking
- Greece — 38th of 118: 560
- Norway — 39th of 118: 539
- San Marino — 40th of 118: 521
- Costa Rica — 42nd of 118: 438
- Belgium — 43rd of 118: 412
- Uruguay — 44th of 118: 401
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 35 values
| Year | Patent applications, nonresidents |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 499 |
| 2023 | 504 |
| 2022 | 537 |
| 2021 | 567 |
| 2020 | 562 |
| 2019 | 561 |
| 2018 | 586 |
| 2017 | 505 |
| 2016 | 636 |
| 2015 | 677 |
| 2014 |
Patent applications, nonresidents in nearby economies
More infrastructure data for Pakistan
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 2.54 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 1.01 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 41,823 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 309.52 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 7.15 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 193.11 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 76.85 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 97 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 612 (2024)
- Patent applications, residents
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Pakistan's patent applications, nonresidents?
- 499 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 35.23% from 369 in 1980 (0.69% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1,647 in 2006 and the lowest 369 in 1980.
- How does Pakistan rank?
- 41st highest of 118 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in patent applications, nonresidents unusual for Pakistan?
- In 2024, Pakistan's patent applications, nonresidents fell 1% on 2023 (from 504 to 499). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2023), the average change was +2.1% and a typical year strayed about 14.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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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