Ukraine: Patent applications, residents

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Ukraine's patent applications, residents fell 4.1% on 2023 (from 1,010 to 969).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −1.1% and a typical year strayed about 35.9% 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 2,711.3% in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 77.8% in 2002. 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 187.12 a year. A straight line explains 86% 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, Ukraine had the 32nd 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 Ukraine in the 2024 ranking

• Spain — 29th of 113: 1,160
• Algeria — 30th of 113: 1,084
• Denmark — 31st of 113: 987
• Thailand — 33rd of 113: 930
• Philippines — 34th of 113: 873
• Kazakhstan — 35th of 113: 841

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 33 values

Patent applications, residents in nearby economies

• Albania — 9 (2023)
• Armenia — 13 (2024)
• Austria — 1,676 (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 194 (2024)
• Belarus — 256 (2024)
• Belgium — 647 (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 34 (2024)
• Bulgaria — 179 (2024)
• Croatia — 62 (2024)
• Cyprus — 3 (2024)
• Czechia — 463 (2024)

More infrastructure data for Ukraine

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 1.43 million (2023)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 3.8 (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 50.33 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 133.38 (2023)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 25.74% (2024)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 82.47% (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$6.81 billion (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 42.82% (2025)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 1,590 (2024)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km)

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Questions people ask

What is Ukraine's patent applications, residents?

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

How has it changed since 1992?

It is up 213.59% from 309 in 1992 (3.64% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 8,687 in 1993 and the lowest 309 in 1992.

How does Ukraine rank?

32nd highest of 113 economies with data for 2024.

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

In 2024, Ukraine's patent applications, residents fell 4.1% on 2023 (from 1,010 to 969). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −1.1% and a typical year strayed about 35.9% 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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