Yemen, Rep.: Patent applications, residents

Key figures

Since 1998 it is up 57.14% from 7 in 1998 (1.82% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 3 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2023, Yemen, Rep.'s patent applications, residents fell 8.3% on 2022 (from 12 to 11).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2022), the average change was +25.9% and a typical year strayed about 117.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 414.3% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 82.8% in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 9 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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Closest to Yemen, Rep. in the 2023 ranking

• Botswana — 2nd of 4: 10
• Albania — 3rd of 4: 9
• Lao PDR — 4th of 4: 1

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 23 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)
• Qatar

More infrastructure data for Yemen, Rep.

• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 4,979 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 618,613 (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 20.05 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 50.89 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 49.73 (2023)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 727,821 (2022)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 1.9 (2022)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 24.46% (2024)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 404.01 (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Yemen, Rep.'s patent applications, residents?

11 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1998?

It is up 57.14% from 7 in 1998 (1.82% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 60 in 2019 and the lowest 5 in 2015.

Is the latest change in patent applications, residents unusual for Yemen, Rep.?

In 2023, Yemen, Rep.'s patent applications, residents fell 8.3% on 2022 (from 12 to 11). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2022), the average change was +25.9% and a typical year strayed about 117.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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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