Qatar: Patent applications, residents

Key figures

How it compares

In 2024, Qatar had the 87th 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 Qatar in the 2024 ranking

• Zimbabwe — 84th of 113: 26
• North Macedonia — 85th of 113: 25
• Uganda — 86th of 113: 22
• Zambia — 88th of 113: 18
• Costa Rica — 89th of 113: 15
• Montenegro — 90th of 113: 15

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 10 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)
• Morocco — 343 (2024)
• Oman — 98 (2024)
• Pakistan — 480 (2024)
• Saudi Arabia

More infrastructure data for Qatar

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 524,643 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 17.21 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 207,020 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 13,927 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 37.71 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 4.68 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 153.61 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 37.31% (2024)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 98.09% (2024)
• Scientific and technical journal articles

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Questions people ask

What is Qatar's patent applications, residents?

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

How has it changed since 2012?

It is up 600% from 3 in 2012 (17.6% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 81 in 2020 and the lowest 3 in 2012.

How does Qatar rank?

87th highest of 113 economies with data for 2024.

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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